Song · Lucinda Williams
“Buttercup” by Lucinda Williams
From the album Blessed (2011)
“Buttercup” by Lucinda Williams appears on 5 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2011 and 2025. It was first released in 2011 on the album Blessed. Its best result is #35 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #109 indie & aaa song of 2011.
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"Buttercup" led off the singles from Blessed, Lucinda Williams' 10th album, in 2011, and it finds her showing a no-good ex the door with more of a smirk than a tear. She wrote it alone, words and music, and a couple of well-known guests turn up: Elvis Costello plays guitar and Matthew Sweet sings backup.
AllMusic heard a rowdy send-off to an old boyfriend, delivered over a hard-driving rock and roll beat with a B-3 organ churning behind her. The country site Holler later ranked it number 8 among her best songs, hearing her leave a deceitful lover behind once more, with as much empathy as told-you-so pride.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 35 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2011 | 90 |
| 2011 | 52 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2011 | 97 |
| 2011 | 94 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2011 | 104 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 493 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2025 | 415 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
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