Song · Iron and Wine
“Such Great Heights” by Iron and Wine
Released 2003
“Such Great Heights” by Iron and Wine appears on 7 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2009 and 2026. It was first released in 2003. Its best result is #19 on The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,949 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Iron and Wine's "Such Great Heights" is a cover, and a bold one: Sam Beam took a song Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello wrote for the Postal Service, Gibbard supplying the words, and turned it into a one-man job. It came out on January 21, 2003, riding along on the Postal Service's own Sub Pop single of the song, next to the Shins' take on "We Will Become Silhouettes".
Beam handles everything himself: he sings lead, plays the acoustic guitar, recorded the track and produced it. The credits name nobody else, and the instruments they list come down to his voice and that guitar, a long way from the indie pop duo that first cut it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 741 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2009 | 874 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Essential Songs | 913 |
| 2009 | 617 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2022 | 265 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2022 | 156 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2024 | 19 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs | 850 |
| 2026 | 115 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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