Song · Michael Kiwanuka
“Rolling” by Michael Kiwanuka
From the album KIWANUKA (2019)
“Rolling” by Michael Kiwanuka appears on 7 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2020 and 2026. It was first released in 2019 on the album KIWANUKA. Its best result is #8 on the Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2020. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #50 indie & aaa song of 2020, #4,025 indie & aaa song of all time and #341 of the '20s.
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"Rolling" turned up on 25 October 2019, a week ahead of Kiwanuka, the third album from English singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka, out through Polydor and Interscope. It's a tight studio partnership: Inflo produced it and handles drums, percussion, organ and synthesizer, while Kiwanuka sings and plays bass and electric guitar, and the two wrote it with Brian Burton. Kennie Takahashi recorded it, with Tom Campbell assisting, and Richard Woodcraft mixed.
The album around it drew rave reviews, scoring 89 on Metacritic, and took the 2020 Mercury Prize on top of a Best Rock Album nomination at the 63rd Grammys.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2020 | 199 |
| 2020 | 21 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2020 | 88 |
| 2020 | 91 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2020 | 97 |
| 2020 | 59 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2020 | 104 |
| 2020 | 17 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2020 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 785 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2026 | 415 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
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