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“Heavenly Day” by Patty Griffin
From the album Children Running Through (2007)
“Heavenly Day” by Patty Griffin appears on 14 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2007 and 2026. It was first released in 2007 on the album Children Running Through. Its best result is #23 on the WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #23 indie & aaa song of 2007, #352 indie & aaa song of all time and #288 of the '00s.
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"Heavenly Day" is one of Patty Griffin's own, words and music, from Children Running Through, her fifth studio album, released in February 2007. That record gave her the best chart showing of her career, entering the Billboard 200 at number 34 on first-week sales of about 27,000, and it kept selling: by January 2010 it had passed 168,000 copies in the US.
Other singers were listening, too. Kelly Clarkson, who counts Griffin among her inspirations, sang "Up to the Mountain (MLK Song)" with Jeff Beck on American Idol's Idol Gives Back special, and Emmylou Harris, a close friend, covered the album's bonus track "Moon Song" in 2008.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 23 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2007 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 240 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2009 | 112 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Essential Songs | 913 |
| 2009 | 96 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2013 | 53 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2014 | 212 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2019 | 160 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 160 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2020 | 709 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2023 | 185 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 95 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2024 | 313 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 375 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 514 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
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