Song · Kacey Musgraves
“Slow Burn” by Kacey Musgraves
From the album Golden Hour (2018)
“Slow Burn” by Kacey Musgraves appears on 17 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2018 and 2026. It was first released in 2018 on the album Golden Hour. Its best result is #3 on the WXPN Year in Review: Top 50 Songs of 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #25 indie & aaa song of 2018, #370 indie & aaa song of all time and #211 of the '10s.
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"Slow Burn" comes from Kacey Musgraves' 2018 album Golden Hour, and it lives up to its name: unhurried and glowing, a song that takes its time and trusts you to lean in. Musgraves wrote and produced it with Ian Fitchuk and Daniel Tashian, with Fitchuk on drums and keys and Tashian on bass, keys and harmony vocals.
Todd Lombardo threads acoustic and electric guitar through it along with a little banjo, while David Davidson's violin and viola and Carole Rabinowitz's cello warm up the edges. Craig Alvin recorded it and Shawn Everett mixed it, leaving plenty of air around Musgraves' lead vocal, which sounds as easy as a porch at dusk.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 8 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2018 | 90 |
| 2018 | 8 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2018 | 200 |
| 2018 | 33 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2018 | 90 |
| 2018 | 3 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 50 Songs of 2018 | 50 |
| 2019 | 39 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2019 | 104 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2019 | 4 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2021 | 108 | WYEP | WYEP 2021 Labor Day Countdown | 168 |
| 2022 | 114 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2023 | 354 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 373 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2024 | 155 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 394 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
| 2024 | 79 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 28 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 417 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
| 2026 | 94 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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