Song · Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
“Hope the High Road” by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
From the album The Nashville Sound (2017)
“Hope the High Road” by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit appears on 9 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2017 and 2026. It was first released in 2017 on the album The Nashville Sound. Its best result is #12 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #28 indie & aaa song of 2017, #2,402 indie & aaa song of all time and #398 of the '10s.
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"Hope the High Road" comes from The Nashville Sound, the 2017 album that put the 400 Unit's name back on the cover next to Jason Isbell's for the first time since Here We Rest in 2011. Isbell wrote it and sings it, and Dave Cobb, producing his third straight Isbell record after Southeastern and Something More Than Free, plays acoustic guitar and percussion alongside him.
It's a full-band affair: Sadler Vaden trades electric guitar with Isbell, Jimbo Hart plays bass, Chad Gamble drums and Derry deBorja keyboards, while Amanda Shires adds strings and backing vocals. Matt Ross-Spang engineered it. The album went on to win Best Americana Album at the Grammys.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 70 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2017 | 200 |
| 2017 | 31 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2017 | 88 |
| 2017 | 97 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2017 | 104 |
| 2017 | 20 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 50 Songs of 2017 | 50 |
| 2017 | 12 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2017 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 602 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 510 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2026 | 291 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
| 2026 | 428 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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