Song · Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
“Dreamsicle” by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
From the album Reunions (2020)
“Dreamsicle” by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit appears on 15 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2020 and 2026. It was first released in 2020 on the album Reunions. Its best result is #13 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2020. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #16 indie & aaa song of 2020, #1,171 indie & aaa song of all time and #119 of the '20s.
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"Dreamsicle" drifts in from Reunions, the 2020 album by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, a song Isbell wrote alone and sings with a hushed, aching patience. Dave Cobb produced and mixed it, keeping the sound warm and roomy: Isbell and Sadler Vaden trading acoustic and electric guitars, Derry deBorja coloring things with organ, piano and the dreamy chime of an omnichord, Jimbo Hart and Chad Gamble holding the rhythm, and Amanda Shires threading fiddle through it all.
The backing voices are a quiet surprise: Shires, Jay Buchanan and David Crosby join Isbell in the harmonies, and the blend floats like a half-remembered summer night.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 21 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2020 | 90 |
| 2020 | 13 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2020 | 89 |
| 2020 | 45 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2020 | 199 |
| 2020 | 35 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2020 | 88 |
| 2020 | 15 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2020 | 90 |
| 2020 | 22 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2020 | 97 |
| 2020 | 14 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2020 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 896 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 799 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2023 | 316 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2024 | 320 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 400 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 146 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 820 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
| 2026 | 29 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
Also listed as: Dreamsicles.
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