Song · Dirty Heads
“Lay Me Down” by Dirty Heads featuring Rome and Rome Ramirez
Released 2008 Featuring Rome and Rome Ramirez
“Lay Me Down” by Dirty Heads featuring Rome and Rome Ramirez appears on 46 radio countdowns from 33 stations between 2010 and 2023. It was first released in 2008. Its best result is #1 on the Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2010, and it was voted number one on seven countdowns in total. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #5 alternative song of 2010, #2,825 alternative song of all time and #9 of the '10s.
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"Lay Me Down" came out as a single in 2010, Dirty Heads' breezy reggae rock with Rome Ramirez of Sublime with Rome riding shotgun, and Any Port in a Storm later picked it up as an extra. It's built for rolled-down windows: an easygoing opening that Billboard likened to Jack Johnson's "Hope", then chugging guitars, a loose sing-along chorus and a sunny, rhythmic lift that never breaks a sweat.
It climbed from number 24 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart in March to the top spot by May, then stayed put long enough to set a record for an independently released title, beating a mark Everlast's "What It's Like" had held since 1999. Rolling Stone put it on its Hot List early that year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 178 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium | 200 |
| 2010 | 1956 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 95 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of the 2000s | 102 |
| 2011 | 1452 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1504 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1560 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2014 | 318 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) | 500 |
| 2015 | 315 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) | 500 |
| 2019 | 47 | ALT 98.7 | ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade | 98 |
| 2019 | 240 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2020 | 13 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade | 99 |
| 2020 | 30 | X96 | X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade | 100 |
| 2020 | 486 | DC101 | The DC101 Top 500 | 500 |
| 2023 | 249 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
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