Song · Sufjan Stevens
“I Walked” by Sufjan Stevens
From the album The Age of Adz (2010)
“I Walked” by Sufjan Stevens appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 2010. It was first released in 2010 on the album The Age of Adz. Its best result is #57 on the WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #211 indie & aaa song of 2010.
Sufjan Stevens wrote "I Walked" alone for The Age of Adz, his sixth album, released through Asthmatic Kitty in 2010 and his first song-based full-length in five years, since Illinois in 2005.
The record threw his audience a curveball: heavy electronics shot through with orchestration, a sharp turn away from Seven Swans and Michigan (though he had toyed with machines before on Enjoy Your Rabbit), with the apocalyptic artwork of Royal Robertson as a guiding light. Where Illinois dealt in events, characters and places, these lyrics turn inward to private feelings. Critics loved the intimacy but split over the new sound; it still made several best-of-2010 lists and became his highest-charting album, reaching number seven on the Billboard 200.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 58 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2010 | 88 |
| 2010 | 57 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2010 | 100 |
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