Song · Greta Van Fleet
“Safari Song” by Greta Van Fleet
From the EP Black Smoke Rising (2017)
“Safari Song” by Greta Van Fleet appears on 7 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2017 and 2025. It was first released in 2017 on the EP Black Smoke Rising. Its best result is #7 on the 98KUPD Top 98 of 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #171 alternative song of 2018.
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"Safari Song" first surfaced in April 2017 on Black Smoke Rising, the debut EP from Greta Van Fleet, and that October it followed "Highway Tune" as the band's second single. All four members share the writing credit: Joshua Kiszka on lead vocals, Jake Kiszka on guitar, Sam Kiszka on bass and Daniel Wagner on percussion, with Al Sutton and Marlon Young producing and mixing. It's a riff-first, vintage-minded strut that wears its classic rock colors proudly.
Rock radio pounced: only one song was added by more rock stations when it went out. In November it resurfaced on From the Fires, a compilation EP adding four new recordings, and that pushed it to 44 on Billboard's Hot Rock Songs. By February 2018 it was sitting at the top of the Mainstream Rock Songs chart, and the band had already played it on Last Call with Carson Daly on Halloween 2017.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 91 | 98KUPD Phoenix, AZ | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2017 | 98 |
| 2018 | 36 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2018 | 99 |
| 2018 | 52 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2018 | 89 |
| 2018 | 7 | 98KUPD Phoenix, AZ | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2018 | 98 |
| 2018 | 14 | 93.3 WMMR Philadelphia, PA | WMMR Top 25 Songs of 2018 | 25 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 79 | 93X | 93X Top 93 Songs of the Decade (2010s) | 93 |
| 2025 | 779 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
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