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“Man On Fire” by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
From the album Here (2012)
“Man On Fire” by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros appears on 9 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2012 and 2025. It was first released in 2012 on the album Here. Its best result is #13 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #38 indie & aaa song of 2012 and #2,332 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Man on Fire" comes from Here, the second album by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and the follow-up to Up from Below, released on May 29, 2012, through Vagrant and Rough Trade. The credits give words and music alike to frontman Alexander Ebert.
The band made the record in two places a long way apart: Adios Studios in Ojai, California, nicknamed the Ed Shed, and Studio in the Country in Louisiana. Reviews were mostly warm, and Rolling Stone ranked Here at number 7 among the best albums of 2012, singling out Ebert's earnest songs of love and spirituality and the band's homespun, easygoing folk-psych.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 49 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2012 | 200 |
| 2012 | 13 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2012 | 89 |
| 2012 | 58 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2012 | 89 |
| 2012 | 102 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2012 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 181 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2016 | 387 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2018 | 304 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2025 | 834 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 433 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
Also listed as: Man on Fire.
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