Song · Kings of Leon
“Reverend” by Kings of Leon
From the album WALLS (2016)
“Reverend” by Kings of Leon appears on 8 radio countdowns from 8 stations in 2017. It was first released in 2016 on the album WALLS. Its best result is #18 on the WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #29 alternative song of 2017.
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"Reverend" is Kings of Leon's salute to Blaze Foley, the late country singer-songwriter, and it arrived in October 2016 as a promotional single from Walls, the band's seventh studio album, on RCA. In February 2017 it went to alternative radio as the album's second proper single, with a video out that same month.
All four Followills share the writing and the vocal credits: Caleb and Matthew on guitars, Jared on bass, Nathan on drums, and everybody chipping in percussion. Liam O'Neil colors the edges with piano, Mellotron and Minimoog. Markus Dravs produced it, Robin Baynton recorded it, and Mark "Spike" Stent mixed it, a big-studio crew wrapped around a rock band's tip of the hat to a fallen country songwriter.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 19 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2017 | 91 |
| 2017 | 42 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017 | 99 |
| 2017 | 70 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2017 | 88 |
| 2017 | 38 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2017 | 104 |
| 2017 | 18 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2017 | 50 |
| 2017 | 164 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2017 | 200 |
| 2017 | 27 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2017 | 88 |
| 2017 | 62 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2017 | 103 |
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