Song · Lucy Dacus
“Ankles” by Lucy Dacus
From the album Forever Is a Feeling (2025)
“Ankles” by Lucy Dacus appears on 12 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2025 and 2026. It was first released in 2025 on the album Forever Is a Feeling. Its best result is #5 on the KXT Top 91 Songs of 2025. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #19 indie & aaa song of 2025, #2,719 indie & aaa song of all time and #63 of the '20s.
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"Ankles" comes from Lucy Dacus's 2025 album Forever Is a Feeling, a song she wrote on her own and co-produced with Blake Mills, Jake Finch and Collin Pastore. The arrangement is lush but never crowded: Mills handles the electric and acoustic guitars, Finch covers bass, cello, drums and more, Abe Rounds adds drums, and Karl McComas-Reichl's cello and Phoenix Rousiamanis's violin give the strings a warm, woody ache. Lars Stalfors mixed it.
Dacus sings lead, and her voice stays close and unhurried, the kind of delivery that makes a room lean in rather than sit back.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 | 91.3 The Summit Akron, OH | The Summit FM Top 91 Songs of 2025 | 91 |
| 2025 | 5 | KXT Dallas–Fort Worth, TX | KXT Top 91 Songs of 2025 | 91 |
| 2025 | 12 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2025 | 88 |
| 2025 | 30 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2025 | 107 |
| 2025 | 6 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Songs of 2025 | 100 |
| 2025 | 15 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2025 | 89 |
| 2025 | 21 | WYEP Pittsburgh, PA | WYEP Top 91 Songs of 2025 | 91 |
| 2025 | 49 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2025 | 90 |
| 2025 | 17 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2025 | 103 |
| 2025 | 71 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2025 | 90 |
| 2025 | 153 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2025 | 200 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
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