Song · Patty Griffin
“No Bad News” by Patty Griffin
From the album Children Running Through (2007)
“No Bad News” by Patty Griffin appears on 7 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2007 and 2026. It was first released in 2007 on the album Children Running Through. Its best result is #26 on the WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #26 indie & aaa song of 2007, #1,727 indie & aaa song of all time and #360 of the '00s.
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"No Bad News" is a Patty Griffin song top to bottom, written alone for Children Running Through, her fifth studio album and sixth release overall, which came out in 2007. That record gave her the best chart showing of her career, debuting at 34 on the Billboard 200, and it went on to sell more than 168,000 copies in America.
The song found a champion in Kelly Clarkson, who counts Griffin among her inspirations and covered "No Bad News" at her Nashville show on the My December Tour.
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 | 26 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2007 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 429 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2009 | 556 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Essential Songs | 913 |
| 2016 | 647 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2019 | 974 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 974 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2026 | 146 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
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