Song · Mitski
“Nobody” by Mitski
From the album Be the Cowboy (2018)
“Nobody” by Mitski appears on 9 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2018 and 2025. It was first released in 2018 on the album Be the Cowboy. Its best result is #10 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #30 indie & aaa song of 2018, #6,234 indie & aaa song of all time and #326 of the '10s.
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"Nobody" was the second single from Be the Cowboy, Mitski's fifth album, in 2018, and it was born lonely: she wrote it in Kuala Lumpur over the Christmas holidays on a toy piano bought at Toys "R" Us, far from anyone she knew while everybody else was home with family. The music came first, the opening lines after.
What she built from that isolation is a trick of a song, bright and catchy on top, hollow underneath, the melody practically dancing while the words keep circling back to how alone she is. Four horn players and Evan Marien's bass give it a sly, strutting bounce. Critics praised the writing, the singing and the production alike, and Christopher Good directed the video.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 10 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2018 | 90 |
| 2018 | 32 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2018 | 90 |
| 2018 | 78 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2018 | 104 |
| 2018 | 50 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2018 | 89 |
| 2018 | 43 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 50 Songs of 2018 | 50 |
| 2018 | 18 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2018 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 708 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 792 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 425 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
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