Song · Jenny Lewis
“Heads Gonna Roll” by Jenny Lewis
From the album On the Line (2019)
“Heads Gonna Roll” by Jenny Lewis appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2019 and 2025. It was first released in 2019 on the album On the Line. Its best result is #19 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2019. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #89 indie & aaa song of 2019 and #7,629 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Heads Gonna Roll" comes from On the Line, Jenny Lewis's 2019 album, and the credits read like a dream session: Ringo Starr on drums, Benmont Tench on Hammond organ, Don Was on bass and Ryan Adams on guitar. Adams produced it, with Lewis as co-producer.
Lewis wrote it alone, words and music, and she's the one at the piano and on the lead vocal. A small string section, violinists Daphne Chen and Eric Gorfain, Leah Katz on viola and Richard Dodd on cello, frames the whole thing, and it carries the lived-in, easy glow of a record made by players with nothing left to prove.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 19 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2019 | 89 |
| 2019 | 21 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2019 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 554 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
| 2025 | 789 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
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