Song · Jason Isbell
“Cover Me Up” by Jason Isbell
From the album Southeastern (2013)
“Cover Me Up” by Jason Isbell appears on 9 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2013 and 2025. It was first released in 2013 on the album Southeastern. Its best result is #45 on The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #281 indie & aaa song of 2013 and #796 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Cover Me Up" opens Jason Isbell's 2013 album Southeastern, and it's about as naked as a love song gets. Isbell wrote it for his wife, Amanda Shires, and told NPR that year it was so personal he could barely get through it the first time without falling apart. The album itself came after he had finished rehab for alcohol.
It moves at a slow sway in 6/8, around 44 beats a minute, with Isbell's guitar and voice out front, and Dave Cobb, producing and adding percussion, keeps the band well back in the shadows: Derry deBorja on keys and mellotron, Chad Gamble on drums, Brian Allen on bass. AllMusic's Steve Leggett heard a beautiful love song to open the record, and it's hard to argue.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 104 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2013 | 200 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 738 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2020 | 170 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 214 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2024 | 396 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2024 | 45 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 583 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
| 2024 | 60 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 236 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
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