Song · Silk Sonic
“Leave The Door Open” by Silk Sonic
From the album An Evening With Silk Sonic (2021)
“Leave The Door Open” by Silk Sonic appears on 8 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2021 and 2025. It was first released in 2021 on the album An Evening With Silk Sonic. Its best result is #13 on the WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2021. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #243 alternative song of 2021.
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"Leave the Door Open" was the first thing anybody heard from Silk Sonic, the team-up of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, arriving in March 2021 and later anchoring the album An Evening with Silk Sonic. The two wrote it with D'Mile and Brody Brown, Mars and D'Mile produced it, and it's a loving, slightly cheeky rebuild of Philadelphia soul with a quiet-storm glow: .Paak on drums, Mars on guitar and congas, D'Mile at the piano, a string section swooning behind them and Serban Ghenea polishing the mix.
The joke is in the words, a come-on so detailed it turns funny, and the video puts the pair in a vintage studio to match. It went to number one on the Hot 100, and at the 64th Grammys it took Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2021 | 100 |
| 2021 | 33 | WYEP Pittsburgh, PA | WYEP Top 91 Songs of 2021 | 91 |
| 2021 | 43 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2021 | 89 |
| 2021 | 34 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2021 | 90 |
| 2021 | 47 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2021 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 275 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 465 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 141 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
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