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“The Curse” by Josh Ritter
From the album So Runs the World Away (2010)
“The Curse” by Josh Ritter appears on 7 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2010 and 2024. It was first released in 2010 on the album So Runs the World Away. Its best result is #2 on the WRSI Top 94 Songs of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #79 indie & aaa song of 2010 and #1,507 indie & aaa song of all time.
"The Curse" is one of the songs on So Runs the World Away, the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Josh Ritter, which reached the world at large on May 4, 2010, after a Record Store Day vinyl pressing in the US and an Irish release in April. Ritter wrote it alone and sings it, and Sam Kassirer produced, playing piano, synthesizer and vibraphone. The arrangement is a little cabinet of curiosities: Zachariah Hickman on double bass, omnichord and more vibraphone, Austin Nevins on acoustic guitar and glockenspiel, Jesse Neuman on trumpet and Liam Hurley on percussion, with Brandon Eggleston mixing.
It fits the way Ritter talked about the whole record: the start of a new period in his life, with bigger, more detailed songs that felt to him like oil paintings on large canvases. The album's title comes from a line in Hamlet.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 31 | WFPK Louisville, KY | WFPK Top 100 Songs of 2010 | 100 |
| 2010 | 2 | WRSI 93.9 The River Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA | WRSI Top 94 Songs of 2010 | 93 |
| 2010 | 73 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2010 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 275 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2019 | 406 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 406 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2024 | 656 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
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