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“The Steps” by Haim
“The Steps” by Haim appears on 16 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2020 and 2026. Its best result is #1 on the WERS Top 88 Songs of 2020.
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Haim knocked out "The Steps" in a single day, a week before they handed in Women in Music Pt. III, and it sounds like it: a stripped-down, up-tempo rock song built for the three sisters to tear into on stage. Columbia released it on March 3, 2020, the same day the album went up for pre-order. Alana, Este and Danielle Haim wrote it with their frequent collaborators Rostam Batmanglij and Ariel Rechtshaid, and Danielle produced it with the two of them.
The usual Haim method is melody first, words second; this time both arrived together, sparked when the sisters started yelling a line about not being understood. Several critics counted it among the best songs of 2020, and it earned a Best Rock Performance nomination at the 63rd Grammy Awards.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 13 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2020 | 89 |
| 2020 | 12 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2020 | 100 |
| 2020 | 24 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2020 | 103 |
| 2020 | 50 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2020 | 90 |
| 2020 | 35 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2020 | 89 |
| 2020 | 49 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2020 | 199 |
| 2020 | 4 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2020 | 90 |
| 2020 | 1 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2020 | 88 |
| 2021 | 6 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2021 | 83 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 74 | WYEP | WYEP 2021 Labor Day Countdown | 168 |
| 2022 | 55 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2024 | 237 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 464 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 601 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 282 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2026 | 95 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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