Song · Leon Bridges
“Coming Home” by Leon Bridges
From the album Coming Home (2015)
“Coming Home” by Leon Bridges appears on 23 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 2015 and 2026. It was first released in 2015 on the album Coming Home. Its best result is #4 on the Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #112 alternative song of 2015.
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"Coming Home" was the song that introduced Leon Bridges, the first single and title track of his 2015 debut album, and it sounds like a single pulled from a church-basement jukebox and dusted off. The Niles City Sound team produced, recorded and mixed it on nothing but vintage gear, chasing the sweet spot where gospel shades into soul.
Andrew Skates' organ tumbles downward around Bridges' lilting triplet phrasing, the rhythm swings easy, and Gabriel Lawson and Tyesha Simpson answer him from the background like a congregation. Bridges wrote it with drummer Joshua Block, guitarist Austin Jenkins and Chris Vivion. Chip Tompkins' video matched the mood with its mid-century look, and the song made number seven on Billboard's Triple A chart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 72 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2015 | 91 |
| 2015 | 50 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2015 | 103 |
| 2015 | 7 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2015 | 107 |
| 2015 | 40 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
| 2015 | 4 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2015 | 100 |
| 2015 | 82 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2015 | 103 |
| 2015 | 10 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2015 | 90 |
| 2015 | 13 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015 | 104 |
| 2015 | 24 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 123 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2018 | 94 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2019 | 194 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 194 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2022 | 1168 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2022 | 184 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2023 | 150 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2023 | 436 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places | 800 |
| 2024 | 210 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 684 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
| 2024 | 406 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 688 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2026 | 19 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
| 2026 | 75 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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