Song · Laufey
“From The Start” by Laufey
From the album Bewitched (2023)
“From The Start” by Laufey appears on 10 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2023 and 2026. It was first released in 2023 on the album Bewitched. Its best result is #9 on the KXT 917 Song Countdown. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #106 indie & aaa song of 2023, #1,879 indie & aaa song of all time and #270 of the '20s.
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Icelandic singer Laufey put out "From the Start" as a single in 2023, and it went on to take its place on her album Bewitched. She wrote and produced it with Spencer Stewart, and Stephen Kaye mixed it. It arrived right after her concert with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, and it's a crush song with a twist: the narrator is hopelessly, quietly in love with her best friend. Laufey herself pitched it as a playful blend of old-fashioned sounds and modern words, and that's the charm in a nutshell: a vintage lilt, a wink in the phrasing, heartache played for smiles.
It racked up 1 million streams inside a day, then kept on traveling: the band Good Kid covered it, and the dance from its video ended up for sale as a move in Fortnite.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 72 | KXT Dallas–Fort Worth, TX | KXT Top 91 Songs of 2023 | 91 |
| 2023 | 94 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2023 | 100 |
| 2023 | 44 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2023 | 89 |
| 2023 | 17 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2023 | 90 |
| 2024 | 55 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2024 | 103 |
| 2024 | 30 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 106 of 2024 | 106 |
| 2024 | 12 | KXT Dallas–Fort Worth, TX | KXT Top 91 Songs of 2024 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 543 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 423 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2026 | 9 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
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