Song · Nellie Mckay
“David” by Nellie Mckay
From the album Get Away From Me (2004)
“David” by Nellie Mckay appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2009 and 2013. It was first released in 2004 on the album Get Away From Me. Its best result is #551 on the WYEP 913 Essential Songs. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,780 indie & aaa song of all time.
"David" is the first thing you hear on Get Away From Me, the debut album Nellie McKay put out through Columbia in February 2004, and the words and music are hers alone. She told ELLEgirl she wrote it about the neighbor she was sweet on.
It went out as a promotional single with its own video, and it turned up on an MTV2 compilation, Shortlist 2004 Nominees, as well as the soundtrack of the TV series Weeds. The album it opens was a statement of its own: McKay insisted that Columbia spread it across two discs when the whole thing would have fit on one, and critics came out in force to praise it.
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 | 784 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2009 | 551 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Essential Songs | 913 |
| 2013 | 582 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
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