Song · Ryan Adams
“Lucky Now” by Ryan Adams
From the album Ashes & Fire (2011)
“Lucky Now” by Ryan Adams appears on 16 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 2011 and 2026. It was first released in 2011 on the album Ashes & Fire. Its best result is #6 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #326 alternative song of 2011.
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"Lucky Now" led the way for Ashes & Fire, Ryan Adams' 13th studio album, in 2011, and Adams has said it looks back on his time in New York when he was in his twenties. It began as something rawer: a song called "Chris", written for his former Cardinals bandmate Chris Feinstein, the bassist who died in December 2009. Adams decided that first draft was too direct and reworked it with more of himself in it, turning one friend's loss into a reflection anyone could step inside.
Glyn Johns produced it for Adams' PAX AM label, and the result is unhurried and plainspoken, alt-country with the ache turned inward.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2011 | 90 |
| 2011 | 18 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2011 | 104 |
| 2011 | 61 | WRSI 93.9 The River Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA | WRSI Top 93 Songs of 2011 | 93 |
| 2011 | 26 | KFOG San Francisco Bay Area, CA | KFOG Foghead Favorites of 2011 | 50 |
| 2011 | 30 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2011 | 89 |
| 2011 | 32 | 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT | 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2011 | 103 |
| 2011 | 29 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Best of 2011 | 50 |
| 2011 | 23 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2011 | 50 |
| 2011 | 27 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2011 | 88 |
| 2011 | 27 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2011 | 107 |
| 2011 | 22 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2011 | 100 |
| 2011 | 46 | 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA | 106.1 The Corner Top 107 of 2011 | 105 |
| 2011 | 38 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2011 | 97 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 515 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2018 | 611 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2026 | 303 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
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