Song · Michael Kiwanuka
“Floating Parade” by Michael Kiwanuka
From the album Small Changes (2024)
“Floating Parade” by Michael Kiwanuka appears on 15 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 2024 and 2026. It was first released in 2024 on the album Small Changes. Its best result is #5 on the WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2024. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #864 alternative song of 2024.
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"Floating Parade" comes from Small Changes, Michael Kiwanuka's 2024 album, and the credits read like a string orchestra had wandered into the session. Kiwanuka sings it and wrote it with Inflo and Brian Burton, and Inflo and Danger Mouse produced. Inflo sits behind the drums and the keyboards, Rhodes included, and adds backing vocals, while Pete Anthony plays piano.
Around them sits a full string section, violins, violas, cellos and a pair of double basses, with Marcia Dickstein's harp threaded through it. Tom Hardisty recorded it and Richard Woodcraft mixed.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2024 | 107 |
| 2024 | 96 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2024 | 103 |
| 2024 | 7 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2024 | 100 |
| 2024 | 72 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2024 | 90 |
| 2024 | 35 | KXT Dallas–Fort Worth, TX | KXT Top 91 Songs of 2024 | 91 |
| 2024 | 93 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2024 | 200 |
| 2024 | 95 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2024 | 103 |
| 2024 | 57 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2024 | 90 |
| 2024 | 90 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 106 of 2024 | 106 |
| 2024 | 25 | WNXP 91.ONE Nashville, TN | WNXP 91 Most Played Songs of 2024 | 91 |
| 2024 | 5 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2024 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1020 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 819 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 513 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2026 | 454 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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