Song · Robert Francis
“Junebug” by Robert Francis
From the album Before Nightfall (2009)
“Junebug” by Robert Francis appears on 8 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2010 and 2014. It was first released in 2009 on the album Before Nightfall. Its best result is #17 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #178 alternative song of 2010 and #6,107 alternative song of all time.
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"Junebug" is a breakup song written from the wreckage. Robert Francis had just watched a five-year relationship come apart before he made Before Nightfall, his second album and his first for a major label, and he poured the fallout into this one, the lead single Atlantic sent out in 2009. He has said it gets more explicit about how stormy things were than most of his songs, and the record around it keeps circling the same ache of drifting away from someone you love. Dave Sardy produced.
iTunes made it Single of the Week in October 2009, and Francis took it to Last Call with Carson Daly and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The real payoff came in Europe the next summer, when it climbed to number eight among the continent's airplay hits.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 17 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 | 101 |
| 2010 | 27 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2010 | 103 |
| 2010 | 41 | WFPK Louisville, KY | WFPK Top 100 Songs of 2010 | 100 |
| 2010 | 83 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2010 | 104 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1758 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1831 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1897 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1969 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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