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“Live in the Moment” by Portugal. The Man
From the album Woodstock (2017)
“Live in the Moment” by Portugal. The Man appears on 17 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 2017 and 2026. It was first released in 2017 on the album Woodstock. Its best result is #3 on the WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #316 alternative song of 2017, #5,208 alternative song of all time and #328 of the '10s.
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"Live in the Moment" followed "Feel It Still" off Woodstock, the eighth studio album Portugal. The Man put out in 2017, and it keeps that record's glossy pop-rock bounce while chasing something more wistful. Singer John Gourley has said the idea hit him after a studio session: he wanted a modern spin on an old phrase, and he wrote the music with songwriters Ammar Malik and John Hill, the credits filled out by Zachary Scott Carothers, Eric Howk, Kyle O'Quin, Zoe Manville and Jason Wade Sechrist.
Getting it right took patience; bassist Carothers said they tracked it some twenty times before landing the take that shipped, and the ending hands the words to a computer voice reading them back. It went on to top Billboard's Adult Alternative and Alternative Songs charts early in 2018, turned up on the FIFA 18 soundtrack, and the band played it on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 84 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017 | 99 |
| 2017 | 48 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2017 | 50 |
| 2017 | 34 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2017 | 200 |
| 2017 | 96 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2017 | 103 |
| 2017 | 72 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2017 | 88 |
| 2017 | 31 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2017 | 104 |
| 2018 | 8 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2018 | 91 |
| 2018 | 6 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2018 | 99 |
| 2018 | 3 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2018 | 104 |
| 2018 | 29 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2018 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 288 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2019 | 56 | ALT 98.7 | ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade | 98 |
| 2020 | 28 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 107 Songs of Last Decade (2010s) | 107 |
| 2020 | 43 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s | 102 |
| 2022 | 343 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2024 | 158 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2026 | 390 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
Also listed as: Live In The Moment.
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