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“Stubborn Love” by Lumineers
From the album The Lumineers (2012)
“Stubborn Love” by Lumineers appears on 29 radio countdowns from 19 stations between 2012 and 2025. It was first released in 2012 on the album The Lumineers. Its best result is #9 on the WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #85 alternative song of 2012, #6,093 alternative song of all time and #207 of the '10s.
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"Stubborn Love" followed "Ho Hey" as the second single from the Lumineers' self-titled 2012 debut, and where that one stomped and hollered, this one digs in and aches. Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites wrote it, and Ryan Hadlock produced and recorded it, keeping the sound raw and roomy, so the song can climb from a hushed, sawing start to a full-throated, all-hands chorus.
It got 2 videos. The first stitched together live and backstage footage from the band's Big Parade tour; the second, early in 2013, follows a young girl riding off with her mother after her parents split up, the skies clearing as the road goes on, with the Lumineers popping up as street performers along the way.
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
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 82 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2014 | 1409 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2016 | 557 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2018 | 159 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2019 | 48 | 102.7 WEQX | WEQX Top 102.7 of the 2010's Decade | 103 |
| 2019 | 624 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 624 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2022 | 625 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2024 | 333 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 516 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 345 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
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