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“Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors” by Editors
From the album An End Has a Start (2007)
“Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors” by Editors appears on 7 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2007 and 2019. It was first released in 2007 on the album An End Has a Start. Its best result is #24 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #121 alternative song of 2007 and #7,708 alternative song of all time.
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"Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" announced An End Has a Start, the second album by English rock band Editors, and it hit the shops as the lead single in June 2007. It nearly got away from them first: the song was lined up to premiere on Zane Lowe's radio show on 30 April but leaked online a few days early.
Jacknife Lee produced it, with Tom McFall engineering and Cenzo Townshend mixing, and the band went big, bringing in a choir of voices, Tom Smith, Ed Lay and McFall among them, and the lift they give it feels almost churchly. Smith, Lay, Russell Leetch and Chris Urbanowicz share the writing, and it gave Editors a number seven on the UK Singles Chart.
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
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 24 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2007 | 60 |
| 2007 | 51 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2007 | 129 |
| 2007 | 65 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007 | 100 |
| 2008 | 62 | KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA | KSLG Top 94 of 2008 | 94 |
| 2008 | 88 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2008 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1998 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2019 | 442 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
Also listed as: Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors.
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