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“Sign of the Times” by Harry Styles
From the album Harry Styles (2017)
“Sign of the Times” by Harry Styles appears on 5 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2017 and 2025. It was first released in 2017 on the album Harry Styles. Its best result is #15 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #53 indie & aaa song of 2017 and #8,401 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Sign of the Times" was Harry Styles' first single as a solo artist, released on Columbia in April 2017 ahead of his self-titled debut album, and it's a bold swing: a slow-building soft-rock ballad with its eyes on the rafters. Jeff Bhasker, Mitch Rowland, Ryan Nasci and Alex Salibian wrote it with Styles chipping in, and Bhasker, Salibian and Tyler Johnson produced it.
The players are few but busy: Bhasker on piano, keyboards and lap steel, Rowland on guitar and drums, Nasci on bass and behind the board, and Mark "Spike" Stent mixing. Then a full choir rolls in, whole sections of sopranos, altos, tenors and baritones swelling behind Styles. It went to the top of the UK Singles Chart and to 4 in the US, its video won a Brit Award, and Rolling Stone later placed it at 428 on its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 15 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2017 | 89 |
| 2017 | 48 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2017 | 90 |
| 2017 | 17 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2017 | 104 |
| 2017 | 50 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2017 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 891 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
Also listed as: Sign Of The Times.
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