Song · Ray LaMontagne
“Beg, Steal Or Borrow” by Ray LaMontagne
Released 2010
“Beg, Steal Or Borrow” by Ray LaMontagne appears on 21 radio countdowns from 16 stations between 2010 and 2026. It was first released in 2010. Its best result is #1 on the WFIV Top 105 of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #4 indie & aaa song of 2010, #2,230 indie & aaa song of all time and #5 of the '10s.
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Ray LaMontagne put "Beg, Steal or Borrow" out on July 2, 2010, as the first single from God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise, the album he made with his backing band, the Pariah Dogs, and RCA released it. It's folk rock with nothing to prove, and the industry noticed: on December 1 that year it picked up a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year.
Critics were friendly too. Merchants of Rock heard a very promising song cut from the same cloth as "You Are the Best Thing", his previous single. On Billboard's Rock Songs chart it came in at 42 in September 2010, climbed to 34 a week later, and was still hanging around in January 2011, when it re-entered at 50.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 36 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2010 | 88 |
| 2010 | 2 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2010 | 100 |
| 2010 | 12 | 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA | 106.1 The Corner Top 106 of 2010 | 105 |
| 2010 | 5 | 93XRT Chicago, IL | WXRT Listener Poll: Top 25 Songs of 2010 | 25 |
| 2010 | 1 | WFIV 105.3 Knoxville, TN | WFIV Top 105 of 2010 | 105 |
| 2010 | 4 | WFPK Louisville, KY | WFPK Top 100 Songs of 2010 | 100 |
| 2010 | 5 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2010 | 104 |
| 2010 | 8 | WRSI 93.9 The River Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA | WRSI Top 94 Songs of 2010 | 93 |
| 2010 | 4 | 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT | 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2010 | 102 |
| 2010 | 3 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2010 | 50 |
| 2010 | 6 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2010 | 107 |
| 2010 | 10 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Best of 2010 | 50 |
| 2011 | 6 | KFOG San Francisco Bay Area, CA | KFOG Foghead Favorites of 2011 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 615 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2013 | 80 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2018 | 356 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2022 | 818 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2024 | 699 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 673 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 257 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 620 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
Also listed as: Beg Steal Or Borrow; Beg, Steal or Borrow; Beg, Steal, or Borrow; Beg Steal or Borrow.
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