Song · Silversun Pickups
“Kissing Families” by Silversun Pickups
From the EP Pikul (2005)
“Kissing Families” by Silversun Pickups appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2019. It was first released in 2005 on the EP Pikul. Its best result is #409 on the KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,114 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Kissing Families" comes from Pikul, the debut EP Silversun Pickups put out on Dangerbird Records in 2005, and it was the one track from it to get a music video. It was made at Clearlake Studio in 2004, with Rod Cervera producing and mixing and Tanya Haden guesting on cello.
The EP's title is a tribute: Pikul was what people called Douglas Lee Kratz, a friend of the band who died in a plane crash in 2001, and the record is dedicated to him (say it "pie-kull", not "pickle"). Of everything on Pikul, this is the song that has held its place in the live set: it ranks as the band's 8th most played song, and they were still playing it as recently as 28 September 2022.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 409 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
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