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“Chasing Pirates” by Norah Jones
From the album The Fall (2009)
“Chasing Pirates” by Norah Jones appears on 15 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2009 and 2025. It was first released in 2009 on the album The Fall. Its best result is #9 on the WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #37 indie & aaa song of 2009, #8,272 indie & aaa song of all time, #70 of the '00s and #409 of the '10s.
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"Chasing Pirates" was the first taste of The Fall, Norah Jones's fourth album, going out as an iTunes exclusive in October 2009, a few days after Toronto's 97.3 EZ Rock gave it its North American radio debut. Jones wrote it alone, sings it and plays Wurlitzer electric piano alongside James Poyser, with Sam Cohen and Smokey Hormel on electric guitars, John Kirby on piano and synthesizer, Frank Swart on bass and Marco Giovino on drums and percussion. Jacquire King produced, recorded and mixed it.
It went top ten in Japan, the Netherlands and Belgium, reached 13 on the US Hot Adult Contemporary chart and 7 on Jazz Songs, and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, her third such nod after "Don't Know Why" and "Sunrise".
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 24 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 104 Songs of 2009 | 104 |
| 2009 | 51 | WRSI 93.9 The River Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA | WRSI Top 93 Songs of 2009 | 93 |
| 2009 | 49 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2009 | 100 |
| 2009 | 61 | 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA | 106.1 The Corner Top 106 Songs of 2009 | 106 |
| 2009 | 9 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2009 | 107 |
| 2009 | 89 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2009 | 100 |
| 2010 | 59 | WRSI 93.9 The River Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA | WRSI Top 94 Songs of 2010 | 93 |
| 2010 | 20 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Best of 2010 | 50 |
| 2010 | 25 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2010 | 50 |
| 2010 | 24 | 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA | 106.1 The Corner Top 106 of 2010 | 105 |
| 2010 | 91 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2010 | 97 |
| 2010 | 57 | WFIV 105.3 Knoxville, TN | WFIV Top 105 of 2010 | 105 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 863 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2013 | 514 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2025 | 878 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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