Song · Ray LaMontagne
“Supernova” by Ray LaMontagne
From the album Supernova (2014)
“Supernova” by Ray LaMontagne appears on 10 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2014 and 2026. It was first released in 2014 on the album Supernova. Its best result is #3 on the WEXT Top 97 of 2014. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #9 indie & aaa song of 2014, #2,200 indie & aaa song of all time and #131 of the '10s.
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"Supernova" went out as the lead single and title track of Ray LaMontagne's fifth studio album, which RCA released on April 29, 2014. He wrote it alone, and Dan Auerbach produced it, a pairing that set the tone for the whole record.
Critics heard the album as an unabashed throwback, with Auerbach coaxing bright, Sixties-style colors out of a songwriter who had spent more than 10 years trading in cozy moods, and most of them liked what they heard. As the song that introduced the album, "Supernova" was the first taste of that sunnier, breezier LaMontagne.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 38 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2014 | 90 |
| 2014 | 69 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2014 | 200 |
| 2014 | 17 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2014 | 100 |
| 2014 | 3 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2014 | 97 |
| 2014 | 62 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2014 | 104 |
| 2014 | 73 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2014 | 89 |
| 2014 | 28 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2014 | 50 |
| 2014 | 6 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2014 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 273 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2026 | 401 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
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