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“Nina Cried Power” by Hozier featuring Mavis Staples
From the EP Nina Cried Power EP (2018) Featuring Mavis Staples
“Nina Cried Power” by Hozier featuring Mavis Staples appears on 16 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2018 and 2025. It was first released in 2018 on the EP Nina Cried Power EP. Its best result is #1 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #93 alternative song of 2018.
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"Nina Cried Power" was Hozier's opening move in September 2018, the lead single from his second album, Wasteland, Baby!, and the title track of an EP that same year. He wrote it alone and brought in Mavis Staples to sing with him, and the song is a soulful roll call of artist-activists, saluting Nina Simone, Woody Guthrie, Billie Holiday, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Staples herself and more for the protest music they gave the civil rights era. The title tips its hat to Simone's "Sinnerman".
The blues and gospel roots run deep: Booker T. Jones plays the organ, Lorraine Cato and Priscilla Jones swell the backing vocals, and Markus Dravs co-produced with Hozier. WFUV's listeners made it their number one song of 2018.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 77 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2018 | 91 |
| 2018 | 7 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 50 Songs of 2018 | 50 |
| 2018 | 39 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2018 | 90 |
| 2018 | 164 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2018 | 200 |
| 2018 | 29 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2018 | 103 |
| 2018 | 88 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2018 | 97 |
| 2018 | 31 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2018 | 89 |
| 2018 | 13 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2018 | 104 |
| 2018 | 1 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2018 | 90 |
| 2018 | 10 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2018 | 89 |
| 2018 | 5 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2018 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 106 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 106 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2020 | 1722 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2024 | 152 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 413 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
Also listed as: Nina Cried Power (feat. Mavis Staples); Nina Cried Power (ft. Mavis Staples); Nina Cried Power feat. Mavis Staples.
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