Song · Kanye West
“Jesus Walks” by Kanye West
From the album The College Dropout (2004)
“Jesus Walks” by Kanye West appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2013 and 2024. It was first released in 2004 on the album The College Dropout. Its best result is #71 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s.
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"Jesus Walks" is the moment Kanye West put his faith front and center, a hip-hop song about belief that became the fourth single from his 2004 debut The College Dropout. West produced it himself, building it on a sample of the ARC Choir singing "Walk with Me", with Miri Ben-Ari's violin sawing through and John Legend adding extra vocals; Manny Marroquin mixed it, and Rhymefest and Curtis Lundy are among the writers.
Critics fell for the atmosphere and the nerve of it, and the Village Voice's Pazz & Jop poll named it the best song of 2004. It took the Grammy for Best Rap Song, drew a Song of the Year nomination, came with three different videos, and West has played it on every headlining tour since.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 88 | BBC Radio 6 Music | BBC 6 Music 100 Best Tracks Of The Last 10 Years | 100 |
| 2013 | 184 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2022 | 71 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 472 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
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