Song · She & Him
“Sentimental Heart” by She & Him
From the album Volume One (2008)
“Sentimental Heart” by She & Him appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2008 and 2013. It was first released in 2008 on the album Volume One. Its best result is #95 on the WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #286 indie & aaa song of 2008.
Zooey Deschanel is the only credited writer on "Sentimental Heart", from Volume One, the 2008 debut that She & Him, her partnership with M. Ward, put out on Merge that March. She sings it and plays piano, and she shares the percussion with engineer Mike Coykendall and Mike Mogis.
Ward produced the track and adds keyboard, Coykendall doubles on bass, Tom Hagerman brings in strings and Mogis handled the mix. It's a small, parlor-sized setup built around Deschanel's voice and piano, and it makes the case that she was a songwriter in her own right, not an actress dabbling. Critics took warmly to Volume One, and Paste named it the best album of 2008.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 95 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2008 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 344 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2013 | 830 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
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