Song · Mayer Hawthorne
“The Walk” by Mayer Hawthorne
From the album How Do You Do (2011)
“The Walk” by Mayer Hawthorne appears on 24 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 2011 and 2026. It was first released in 2011 on the album How Do You Do. Its best result is #4 on the WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #17 indie & aaa song of 2011, #1,187 indie & aaa song of all time and #22 of the '10s.
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"The Walk" was the second single from How Do You Do, Mayer Hawthorne's second album, which Universal Republic put out in October 2011. Hawthorne kept it in his own hands: he wrote the words and music, produced it, recorded it and mixed it with Jason Schweitzer. What he brought in from outside was a horn section, Justin Jozwiak on tenor sax, David Moyer on baritone and Todd Simon on trumpet, plus extra vocals from JimiJames.
It found its people on adult alternative radio, reaching number two on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart and 32 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, and the album around it drew mostly warm reviews.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2011 | 107 |
| 2011 | 12 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2011 | 100 |
| 2011 | 66 | 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA | 106.1 The Corner Top 107 of 2011 | 105 |
| 2011 | 61 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2011 | 97 |
| 2011 | 39 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2011 | 104 |
| 2011 | 40 | WRSI 93.9 The River Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA | WRSI Top 93 Songs of 2011 | 93 |
| 2011 | 15 | KFOG San Francisco Bay Area, CA | KFOG Foghead Favorites of 2011 | 50 |
| 2011 | 24 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2011 | 89 |
| 2011 | 85 | 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT | 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2011 | 103 |
| 2011 | 31 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2011 | 90 |
| 2012 | 15 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2012 | 101 |
| 2012 | 4 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2012 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 433 | WYEP | WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown | 500 |
| 2014 | 784 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2016 | 35 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2018 | 119 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2019 | 1090 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2022 | 494 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2022 | 1080 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2024 | 802 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 704 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 694 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 452 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 785 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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