Cover of Gloria Sparks by Lumineers
Cover: Gloria Sparks

Song · Lumineers

“Gloria” by Lumineers

From the EP Gloria Sparks (2019)

“Gloria” by Lumineers appears on 20 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 2019 and 2025. It was first released in 2019 on the EP Gloria Sparks. Its best result is #5 on the Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2019. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #4 alternative song of 2019 and #225 of the '10s.

20countdowns
17stations
#5best position
0#1 finishes
5top 10 finishes
2019–2025years charted

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"Gloria" went out as a single in 2019 on Dualtone and Decca, the third track on III, the Lumineers' third album. Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites wrote it and David Baron mixed it, and it lands somewhere between folk rock and indie rock.

Under the stomp and bustle, it's a song about a family worn thin by one member's drinking, the kind of love that keeps opening the door even when it has learned better. It's a bleak subject dressed up as a sing-along, which is exactly why it cuts.

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#StationCountdownof
2019 9 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2019 91
2019 29 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 50 Songs of 2019 50
2019 8 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2019 50
2019 26 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2019 103
2019 56 WFUV New York, NY WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2019 90
2019 12 WERS 88.9 Boston, MA WERS Top 88 Songs of 2019 88
2019 30 Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY WEXT Top 97 of 2019 97
2019 5 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2019 51
2019 10 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2019 90
2019 33 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2019 104
2019 15 WXPN Philadelphia, PA WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2019 100
2019 150 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2019 200
2019 9 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2019 88

All-time and decade countdowns

Charting alongside it in 2019

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  5. 6Doin' TimeLana Del Rey
  6. 7Bad GuyBillie Eilish

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