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“My Silver Lining” by First Aid Kit
From the album Stay Gold (2014)
“My Silver Lining” by First Aid Kit appears on 20 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2014 and 2026. It was first released in 2014 on the album Stay Gold. Its best result is #5 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2014. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #248 alternative song of 2014.
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"My Silver Lining" was the first single from Stay Gold, the third studio album by Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit, released in 2014. Klara and Johanna Söderberg wrote it, Klara sings lead and plays guitar, and Mike Mogis produced, engineered and mixed it while also playing bass and percussion. He gave the pair a rich, rolling frame of violin, viola and cello, with Nate Walcott on piano, and the song gallops along like a country road song that has decided to keep going no matter what.
It has become one of their best-loved songs and a regular in their encores. It has also found a busy second life on screen, closing out the final episodes of Tales from the Borderlands and Bad Sisters, turning up in The Umbrella Academy and soundtracking UK ads for American Express, Mercedes-Benz and Renault.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2014 | 89 |
| 2014 | 29 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2014 | 100 |
| 2014 | 6 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2014 | 97 |
| 2014 | 13 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2014 | 89 |
| 2014 | 18 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2014 | 200 |
| 2014 | 38 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2014 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 145 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2018 | 16 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2019 | 432 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2019 | 196 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 196 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2022 | 1170 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2023 | 513 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2024 | 537 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 567 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
| 2024 | 322 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 186 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 89 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 219 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 287 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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