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“Seasons (Waiting On You)” by Future Islands
From the album Singles (2014)
“Seasons (Waiting On You)” by Future Islands appears on 28 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 2014 and 2026. It was first released in 2014 on the album Singles. Its best result is #2 on the WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2014. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #45 alternative song of 2014.
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"Seasons (Waiting on You)" opens Singles, Future Islands' fourth studio album, and served as its lead single in 2014, a pulsing synth-pop heartbreaker released on 4AD. Chris Coady produced and mixed it, and everything in it builds toward Samuel T. Herring's voice, which swings from croon to howl.
Then came Letterman. Herring's performance on the Late Show, all angular dance moves and death-metal growls, became an internet hit, and he did something similarly wild on Later... with Jools Holland. The critics piled on: the track topped The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop poll, NME, Pitchfork and Spin all named it the best track of 2014, and it later placed 34th on Pitchfork's best songs of the 2010s and 94th on Rolling Stone's list.
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 | 18 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2014 | 103 |
| 2014 | 37 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2014 | 103 |
| 2014 | 2 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2014 | 89 |
| 2014 | 4 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2014 | 90 |
| 2014 | 67 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2014 | 107 |
| 2014 | 45 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2014 | 50 |
| 2014 | 23 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2014 | 200 |
| 2014 | 11 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2014 | 89 |
| 2014 | 55 | 96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS | 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2014 | 96 |
| 2014 | 23 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2014 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
Also listed as: Seasons (Waiting on You); Seasons (Waiting on you); Seasons.
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