Song · Regina Spektor
“Samson” by Regina Spektor
From the album Songs (2002)
“Samson” by Regina Spektor appears on 7 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2007 and 2026. It was first released in 2002 on the album Songs. Its best result is #22 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #261 alternative song of 2007.
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"Samson" opens Songs, the 2002 album Regina Spektor recorded in a single take on Christmas Day 2001, and that one-shot, no-safety-net feeling hangs over every second of it. The story comes from the Book of Judges, Samson and Delilah, the strongman whose power lived in his hair and the woman who found his weak spot, and Spektor folds the old tale of strength and betrayal into something hushed, odd and very personal.
In 2006 she recorded it again for Begin to Hope, this time with a major label behind her. It was never put out as a single, yet it still charted in several countries, had sold 143,000 copies in the US by 2009 and went gold in May 2025. Plenty of her fans would put it at the top of her catalog.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 22 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2007 | 60 |
| 2007 | 95 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 545 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2022 | 605 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 556 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 241 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 723 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
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