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“How Lucky” by Kurt Vile featuring John Prine
From the EP Speed, Sound, Lonely KV (ep) (2020) Featuring John Prine
“How Lucky” by Kurt Vile featuring John Prine appears on 11 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2020 and 2026. It was first released in 2020 on the EP Speed, Sound, Lonely KV (ep). Its best result is #7 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2020. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #124 alternative song of 2020.
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"How Lucky" is Kurt Vile singing a John Prine song with John Prine himself, a 2020 duet from Vile's EP Speed, Sound, Lonely KV, and it's as warm and unhurried as a back-porch afternoon. Prine wrote it; Vile strums the acoustic guitar and the two of them trade the vocal. Dan Auerbach fills in on bass, vibraphone and percussion, and Pat McLaughlin adds mandolin and more percussion. David Ferguson engineered and mixed it and co-produced with Vile, keeping everything close and plain.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2020 | 90 |
| 2020 | 7 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2020 | 90 |
| 2020 | 21 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2020 | 103 |
| 2020 | 7 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2020 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 915 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2022 | 293 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2023 | 272 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 514 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2024 | 612 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs | 850 |
| 2025 | 258 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 147 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
Also listed as: How Lucky (feat. John Prine); How Lucky (with John Prine).
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