Song · Heather Nova
“Walk This World” by Heather Nova
From the album Oyster (1994)
“Walk This World” by Heather Nova appears on 13 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1995 and 2021. It was first released in 1994 on the album Oyster. Its best result is #42 on the WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #77 alternative song of 1995 and #3,180 alternative song of all time.
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Heather Nova's first single, "Walk This World", came off her second album, Oyster, in 1994, and it's the song that made the Bermudian singer-songwriter's name. She wrote it herself, and Youth produced it with Felix Tod, with Chris Potter recording and mixing: strummed guitars with a Tom Petty roll to them, a groove that keeps climbing, and Nova's voice soaring and swooping over the top, fragile one moment and fierce the next.
Cash Box's Steve Baltin heard a writer with a way with words and a rocker at heart, and the NME's Johnny Cigarettes was swept up by its big, rousing sweep. It went top 20 in New Zealand and on Canada's alternative chart, Zack Snyder directed the video, and it remains the song she's best known for, so much so that plenty of countries file her under one-hit wonders.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 73 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995 | 100 |
| 1995 | 42 | Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT | WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 1995 | 104 |
| 1995 | 45 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95 | 103 |
| 1995 | 46 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995 | 95 |
| 1995 | 101 | WDRE Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA | WDRE Top 103.9 Songs of 1995 | 104 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1452 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1452 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1457 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1455 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1441 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1441 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1439 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2021 | 685 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
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