Song · Neko Case
“Star Witness” by Neko Case
From the album Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006)
“Star Witness” by Neko Case appears on 11 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2009 and 2026. It was first released in 2006 on the album Fox Confessor Brings the Flood. Its best result is #100 on the WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,218 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Star Witness" sits on Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, Neko Case's 2006 album, and she wrote it alone, words and music. The cast around her is something else: Garth Hudson on organ and piano, Joey Burns on acoustic guitar and cello, John Convertino on drums, Tom Ray on double bass, Travis Good and Paul Rigby on electric guitars and Anne de Wolff on violin, with Kelly Hogan singing alongside Case's own backing vocals.
It's dusky and haunted, and Case's voice rings out over it like a bell in an empty church.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 100 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2013 | 647 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2019 | 332 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2019 | 603 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 603 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2023 | 958 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 733 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2024 | 312 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 399 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 483 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 680 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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