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“When Am I Gonna Lose You” by Local Natives

From the album Violet Street (2019)

“When Am I Gonna Lose You” by Local Natives appears on 18 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 2019 and 2023. It was first released in 2019 on the album Violet Street. Its best result is #4 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 2020. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #20 alternative song of 2019, #494 of the '10s and #181 of the '20s.

18countdowns

13stations

#4best position

0#1 finishes

4top 10 finishes

2019–2023years charted

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"When Am I Gonna Lose You" kicked off the Violet Street era for Local Natives, landing on March 7, 2019, as the lead single from their fourth album. Taylor Rice started it after a trip to Big Sur with the woman who is now his wife, a trip on which she cut his long hair short and he found himself facing up to what it means to stay open with someone for good. The two of them later played the final mix on the drive to Big Sur to get married.

Fittingly, it's a song about being happy and scared at once, the nagging sense that a good thing must be about to end even when nothing's wrong. It opens with soft piano chords butting heads with a tough, gritty bassline, then halfway through ditches the usual verse-chorus shape, letting the bridge become a chorus of its own. Shawn Everett produced and recorded it.

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
2019	29	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2019	91
2019	35	CD101 Columbus, OH	CD101 Top 50 Songs of 2019	50
2019	9	102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2019	103
2019	39	WERS 88.9 Boston, MA	WERS Top 88 Songs of 2019	88
2019	29	ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA	Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2019	51
2019	55	The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2019	89
2019	10	WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD	WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2019	104
2019	9	Lightning 100 Nashville, TN	Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2019	200
2019	23	WTMD Baltimore, MD	WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2019	89
2019	30	88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2019	88
2019	50	107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY	WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2019	107
2019	62	WXPN Philadelphia, PA	WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2019	100
2020	4	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2020	91
2020	49	CD101 Columbus, OH	CD101 Top 93 Songs of 2020	93
2020	28	ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA	ALT 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2020	51
2020	79	88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2020	88

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2022	1181	WYEP	WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022	603
2023	730	WYEP	WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023	1229

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