Song · Fitz and the Tantrums
“The Walker” by Fitz and the Tantrums
From the album More Than Just a Dream (2013)
“The Walker” by Fitz and the Tantrums appears on 24 radio countdowns from 16 stations between 2013 and 2026. It was first released in 2013 on the album More Than Just a Dream. Its best result is #3 on the WCYY Top 50 CYY Songs of 2014. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #20 alternative song of 2014, #2,827 alternative song of all time and #214 of the '10s.
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Fitz and the Tantrums built "The Walker" around a real Los Angeles character: Marc Abrams, a man known around Silver Lake for walking as many as 20 miles a day. It was the second single from More Than Just a Dream, the neo soul outfit's second album, and it struts like its subject, springy and sunlit and impossible to sit still through. Tony Hoffer produced, Todd Burke recorded and mixed, and the writing credit spreads across FITZ, Noelle Scaggs, Joseph Karnes, James King, Jeremy Ruzumna and John Wicks.
Then it went everywhere: the film Identity Thief, trailers for The Boxtrolls, Storks and The Sims 4, ads for the Oscars hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, the 2014 baseball postseason, and a run as the theme for MLB Network's High Heat from 2014 through 2017, with The Umbrella Academy and NBA 2K18 picking it up along the way.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 62 | Impact 89FM Lansing, MI | Impact 89FM Top 89 Songs of 2013 | 89 |
| 2013 | 66 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2013 | 103 |
| 2014 | 12 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2014 | 91 |
| 2014 | 14 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2014 | 103 |
| 2014 | 6 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2014 | 99 |
| 2014 | 20 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2014 | 50 |
| 2014 | 14 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2014 | 104 |
| 2014 | 84 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2014 | 88 |
| 2014 | 3 | 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME | WCYY Top 50 CYY Songs of 2014 | 50 |
| 2014 | 31 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2014 | 50 |
| 2014 | 10 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2014 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 374 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) | 500 |
| 2016 | 154 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2019 | 88 | 102.7 WEQX | WEQX Top 102.7 of the 2010's Decade | 103 |
| 2019 | 39 | ALT 98.7 | ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade | 98 |
| 2019 | 417 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2019 | 990 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 990 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2020 | 72 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s | 102 |
| 2020 | 490 | DC101 | The DC101 Top 500 | 500 |
| 2022 | 40 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2023 | 316 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
| 2026 | 1065 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
| 2026 | 83 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
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