
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.
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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 | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 41 | 103.3 The Edge | 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade | 103 |
| 2020 | 78 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s | 102 |
| 2020 | 75 | X96 | X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade | 100 |
| 2022 | 875 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2023 | 1054 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 276 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2025 | 587 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
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