Song · Johnny Blue Skies
“Mint Tea” by Johnny Blue Skies
From the album Passage du Desir (2024)
“Mint Tea” by Johnny Blue Skies appears on 7 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2024 and 2026. It was first released in 2024 on the album Passage du Desir. Its best result is #22 on the WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2024. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #90 indie & aaa song of 2024.
Sturgill Simpson wrote "Mint Tea" by himself, words and music, for Passage du Desir, the album he released in July 2024 under a new handle, Johnny Blue Skies. The alias wasn't a whim. Simpson had drawn a line at five studio albums of original songs under his own name, and this one, his eighth studio album all told, needed somewhere else to live. The name came from a bartender in Lexington, Kentucky, who used to introduce him that way whenever he started an open-mic set.
The record, whose French title translates as "Passage of Desire", came out on High Top Mountain with no advance singles, Simpson calling it the start of a fresh chapter, and he lined up a tour under his own name to support it, with Johnny Blue Skies billed as the special guest.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 84 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2024 | 90 |
| 2024 | 95 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2024 | 103 |
| 2024 | 89 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2024 | 200 |
| 2024 | 57 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 106 of 2024 | 106 |
| 2024 | 22 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2024 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 680 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 373 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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