Song · Pete Yorn
“For Nancy ('Cos It Already Is)” by Pete Yorn
From the album musicforthemorningafter (2001)
“For Nancy ('Cos It Already Is)” by Pete Yorn appears on 20 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2001 and 2014. It was first released in 2001 on the album musicforthemorningafter. Its best result is #1 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #83 alternative song of 2001 and #3,735 alternative song of all time.
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"For Nancy ('Cos It Already Is)" rides in on musicforthemorningafter, Pete Yorn's 2001 album, and it's a near one-man show: Yorn wrote it, sang it, and played the drums, tambourine and both acoustic and electric guitars himself. Ken Andrews produced, recorded and mixed it, and added synthesizer and more electric guitar.
The result is scruffy, sun-bleached power pop with a heart full of classic-rock records, the drums a bit loose and the guitars jangling bright. It was Yorn's first UK single, with some versions carrying an acoustic take on the Smiths' "Panic", and in the US it climbed to 28 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks while its video found a place on MTV.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 83 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001 | 107 |
| 2001 | 58 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 | 101 |
| 2001 | 33 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001 | 100 |
| 2001 | 62 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001 | 93 |
| 2001 | 72 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2001 | 107 |
| 2001 | 1 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 | 101 |
| 2001 | 70 | 99X Atlanta, GA | 99X Top 99 Songs of 2001 | 99 |
| 2002 | 62 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1942 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1927 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1679 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1679 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1672 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2007 | 1730 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1728 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1738 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1773 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1849 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1859 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1919 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
Also listed as: For Nancy (Cause it Already Is); For Nancy ('cos It Already Is).
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