Song · Mumford & Sons
“Guiding Light” by Mumford & Sons
From the album Delta (2018)
“Guiding Light” by Mumford & Sons appears on 15 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 2018 and 2020. It was first released in 2018 on the album Delta. Its best result is #11 on the WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #10 alternative song of 2018 and #279 of the '10s.
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"Guiding Light" was the lead single from Delta, Mumford & Sons' fourth album, arriving in September 2018 with a premiere on BBC Radio 1 after the band had already tried it out on the crowd at Sziget Festival. Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall and Ted Dwane wrote it together, and Paul Epworth produced, also chipping in additional instruments, with Tom Elmhirst mixing.
Mumford admitted it fought them all the way onto tape: written about a year earlier, it went through loads of attempts before they were happy with it. What survived is a swelling, earnest folk-rock anthem that keeps reaching higher. They took it to Jimmy Fallon, Graham Norton and Saturday Night Live, and it reached number 40 on the UK Singles Chart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 25 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2018 | 91 |
| 2018 | 37 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2018 | 99 |
| 2018 | 175 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2018 | 200 |
| 2018 | 21 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2018 | 50 |
| 2018 | 27 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2018 | 103 |
| 2018 | 21 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2018 | 51 |
| 2018 | 11 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2018 | 104 |
| 2018 | 75 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2018 | 90 |
| 2018 | 13 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2018 | 107 |
| 2018 | 71 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2018 | 90 |
| 2019 | 20 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2019 | 91 |
| 2019 | 25 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2019 | 88 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 92 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2019 | 92 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2020 | 82 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s | 102 |
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