Song · Tegan and Sara
“Walking With A Ghost” by Tegan and Sara
From the album So Jealous (2004)
“Walking With A Ghost” by Tegan and Sara appears on 33 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 2004 and 2026. It was first released in 2004 on the album So Jealous. Its best result is #4 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #50 alternative song of 2005, #1,768 alternative song of all time and #433 of the '00s.
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"Walking With a Ghost" turned up on Tegan and Sara's So Jealous in 2004, written by the pair themselves, Sara and Tegan Quin. It's barely a song in the usual sense: a clipped, stuttering guitar figure and a vocal that circles the title again and again, tightening like a knot instead of building to some big release.
That nervy repetition is the whole trick. It's alternative rock boiled down to one obsessive idea, and it works because it never lets go.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 73 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2004 | 91 |
| 2004 | 78 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004 | 100 |
| 2004 | 66 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 | 101 |
| 2004 | 102 | WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ | G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2004 | 106 |
| 2005 | 23 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2005 | 100 |
| 2005 | 26 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2005 | 107 |
| 2005 | 12 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2005 | 89 |
| 2005 | 4 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 | 101 |
| 2005 | 31 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 | 150 |
| 2005 | 43 | Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2005 | 105 |
| 2005 | 34 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 40 Songs of 2005 | 40 |
| 2005 | 25 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2005 | 103 |
| 2005 | 151 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
All-time and decade countdowns
Also listed as: Walking with a Ghost; Walking With a Ghost.
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