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“Winter Winds” by Mumford & Sons
From the album Sigh No More (2009)
“Winter Winds” by Mumford & Sons appears on 5 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2010 and 2013. It was first released in 2009 on the album Sigh No More. Its best result is #21 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #488 alternative song of 2010.
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"Winter Winds" was the second single from Sigh No More, the 2009 debut album by London folk quartet Mumford & Sons, issued on Island in the UK that December, right on cue for the weather. Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall and Ted Dwane wrote it and arranged it together, with Markus Dravs producing, François Chevallier engineering and Ruadhri Cushnan mixing.
Mumford has said he wrote it in the middle of a chaotic relationship, great when it worked and awful when it didn't, and the song carries that push and pull under its brisk, wintry stomp. The BBC Chart Blog gave it 5 stars and reckoned it could pass for a seasonal carol: hopeful, wistful and hard-won. It peaked at 44 in the UK and 29 in Belgium.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 45 | 89.9 WLCA St. Louis, MO | WLCA Top 89 of 2010 | 89 |
| 2010 | 21 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2010 | 88 |
| 2011 | 29 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2011 | 103 |
| 2011 | 78 | 90.5 WERG Erie, PA | WERG Top 90 of 2011 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 399 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
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