Song · St. Vincent
“Digital Witness” by St. Vincent
From the album St. Vincent (2014)
“Digital Witness” by St. Vincent appears on 20 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2014 and 2026. It was first released in 2014 on the album St. Vincent. Its best result is #5 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2014. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #204 alternative song of 2014.
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"Digital Witness" arrived in early 2014 as the second single from St. Vincent, the self-titled fourth album from Annie Clark, and it's her sharpest jab yet at a life lived through a screen. The song takes aim at how much we lean on social media for validation, and Clark counts her own time on Twitter among the evidence.
John Congleton produced, recorded and mixed it, and the arrangement struts: Ralph Carney's horns honk in stiff, robotic formation, Homer Steinweiss locks down the drums, and Bobby Sparks' Minimoog and Daniel Mintseris' synths buzz around Clark's guitar and cool, clipped vocal. Collectors got it early on a gold vinyl triangle backed with "Birth in Reverse", limited to 1,000 copies and packaged with the album, and Darkside turned in a remix soon after. The song and its video both drew warm notices.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 21 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2014 | 200 |
| 2014 | 28 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2014 | 103 |
| 2014 | 9 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2014 | 89 |
| 2014 | 13 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2014 | 104 |
| 2014 | 5 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2014 | 90 |
| 2014 | 50 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2014 | 50 |
| 2014 | 22 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2014 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 119 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2018 | 760 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2019 | 52 | 102.7 WEQX | WEQX Top 102.7 of the 2010's Decade | 103 |
| 2019 | 54 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 54 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2023 | 936 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 117 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 302 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 96 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 314 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 281 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 244 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
| 2026 | 266 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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