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“He Doesn't Know Why” by Fleet Foxes
From the album Fleet Foxes (2008)
“He Doesn't Know Why” by Fleet Foxes appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2009 and 2026. It was first released in 2008 on the album Fleet Foxes. Its best result is #143 on The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,659 indie & aaa song of all time.
"He Doesn't Know Why" comes from Fleet Foxes' self-titled debut, released on Sub Pop and Bella Union on June 3, 2008, two years after Robin Pecknold and Skyler Skjelset started the band in Seattle. Pecknold wrote it alone, words and music, and sings the lead.
The rest is a group effort: Pecknold and Skjelset on guitars, Casey Wescott moving between piano, organ and keyboards, Craig Curran on bass and Nicholas Peterson on drums and percussion, with Curran, Peterson and Wescott all piling background vocals behind the lead. Phil Ek produced and mixed it. The album drew wide praise, and plenty of critics later counted it among the best records of the 2000s, which is no small thing for a band barely out of the starting gate.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 478 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2013 | 650 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2022 | 774 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2026 | 143 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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