Song · Fontaines D.C.
“Jackie Down The Line” by Fontaines D.C.
From the album Skinty Fia (2022)
“Jackie Down The Line” by Fontaines D.C. appears on 13 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2022 and 2025. It was first released in 2022 on the album Skinty Fia. Its best result is #1 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2022. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #44 alternative song of 2022 and #129 of the '20s.
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"Jackie Down the Line" was the lead single from Skinty Fia, the third album by Irish band Fontaines D.C., out in 2022, and it's a sweet-sounding thing with poison at its core. Dan Carey produced and mixed it, Conor Curley's 12-string guitar chimes over a steady, rolling beat, and Grian Chatten croons as if he means well.
He doesn't, and that's the point. Chatten's lyric sketches a controlling, abusive relationship and uses it as a stand-in for Britain's rule over Ireland, with a figure named Sally standing for a former British colony. It was also their first American chart entry, reaching number 40 on Billboard's Adult Alternative Airplay chart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2022 | 103 |
| 2022 | 43 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2022 | 90 |
| 2022 | 29 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2022 | 109 |
| 2022 | 26 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2022 | 89 |
| 2022 | 15 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2022 | 103 |
| 2022 | 24 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2022 | 88 |
| 2022 | 1 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2022 | 90 |
| 2022 | 3 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2022 | 90 |
| 2022 | 24 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2022 | 100 |
| 2024 | 10 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2024 | 83 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 272 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 297 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 137 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
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