Song · Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
“40 Day Dream” by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
From the EP Here Comes (2009)
“40 Day Dream” by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros appears on 14 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2009 and 2025. It was first released in 2009 on the EP Here Comes. Its best result is #10 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #169 alternative song of 2010 and #6,909 alternative song of all time.
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"40 Day Dream" is Alexander Ebert's song for Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, and in 2009 it turned up on the Here Comes EP before going out in the UK as a seven-inch paired with "Geez Louise," a follow-up to the band's album Up from Below. It's a ramshackle, hand-clapping singalong, the whole commune stomping along in the key of joy.
Television couldn't get enough of it: it played in an episode of Chuck and in HBO's Hung, and it followed the band onto Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Conan late in 2010. By 2016, with a fan shouting for it at a show where the band was only playing its new album, PersonA, Ebert laughed it off as his very own "Free Bird."
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 35 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2009 | 89 |
| 2009 | 21 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2009 | 89 |
| 2009 | 50 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2009 | 100 |
| 2010 | 58 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2010 | 101 |
| 2010 | 10 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2010 | 103 |
| 2010 | 85 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2010 | 104 |
| 2010 | 57 | KJEE 92.9 Santa Barbara, CA | KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2010 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 488 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2011 | 1855 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1924 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2013 | 115 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2014 | 1998 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2016 | 884 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2025 | 684 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
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