Song · Manchester Orchestra
“The Gold” by Manchester Orchestra
From the album A Black Mile to the Surface (2017)
“The Gold” by Manchester Orchestra appears on 25 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 2017 and 2026. It was first released in 2017 on the album A Black Mile to the Surface. Its best result is #1 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #62 alternative song of 2017 and #442 of the '10s.
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Andy Hull wrote "The Gold" about trust, and about the slow, awkward work of learning to actually talk to each other, and Manchester Orchestra chose it to lead the way into their fifth studio album, A Black Mile to the Surface, out on Loma Vista in 2017. It plays like a slow burn, letting its weight gather instead of swinging it around.
It's also a song that got taken apart before it was finished. Catherine Marks, producing the band for the first time, gave its songwriters three months alone with the album material, and they spent part of that time stripping "The Gold" down and stacking new layers back on. The payoff: number 2 on Billboard's Adult Alternative Songs chart and number 12 on Alternative Songs, the band's first charting single in six years. Mike Dempsey and Johnny Chew directed the video.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 71 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2017 | 91 |
| 2017 | 86 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017 | 99 |
| 2017 | 17 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2017 | 88 |
| 2017 | 28 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 100 Songs of 2017 | 90 |
| 2017 | 6 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2017 | 104 |
| 2017 | 19 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2017 | 89 |
| 2017 | 45 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2017 | 200 |
| 2017 | 79 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2017 | 90 |
| 2017 | 27 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2017 | 50 |
| 2017 | 1 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2017 | 103 |
| 2018 | 36 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2018 | 91 |
| 2018 | 35 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2018 | 99 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 452 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2019 | 26 | 102.7 WEQX | WEQX Top 102.7 of the 2010's Decade | 103 |
| 2019 | 517 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2019 | 517 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2022 | 802 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2022 | 1171 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2023 | 848 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2023 | 350 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2024 | 781 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2024 | 912 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2025 | 530 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 722 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2026 | 168 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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