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“Song for Zula” by Phosphorescent
From the album Muchacho (2013)
“Song for Zula” by Phosphorescent appears on 21 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2013 and 2026. It was first released in 2013 on the album Muchacho. Its best result is #1 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2013. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #197 alternative song of 2013.
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"Song for Zula" was the single that went out ahead of Muchacho, the sixth studio album by Phosphorescent, the American indie rock act, which Dead Oceans released in March 2013. Matthew Houck wrote it, sings it, produced it and engineered it with Phil Joly, and he mixed it with John Agnello. The players around him make for an unusual palette: Scott Stapleton on synthesizer, Bobby Hawk on fiddle, Ricky Ray Jackson on pedal steel, Jeffrey Bailey on bass and Chris Marine on drums.
The album's lyrics grew out of the events that followed Houck's tour behind his previous record, Here's to Taking It Easy. The song itself found plenty of work on screen, turning up in The Spectacular Now, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and "All Sales Final", the series finale of Superstore.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 7 | WFPK Louisville, KY | WFPK Top 100 Songs of 2013 | 100 |
| 2013 | 31 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2013 | 89 |
| 2013 | 49 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2013 | 107 |
| 2013 | 2 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2013 | 200 |
| 2013 | 18 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2013 | 89 |
| 2013 | 1 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2013 | 90 |
| 2013 | 18 | Impact 89FM Lansing, MI | Impact 89FM Top 89 Songs of 2013 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 125 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2014 | 319 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2016 | 237 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2018 | 358 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2019 | 166 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2019 | 107 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 107 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2020 | 800 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 534 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2023 | 615 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2024 | 50 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 108 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 174 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2026 | 464 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
Also listed as: Song For Zula.
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