Song · The Arcade Fire
“Afterlife” by The Arcade Fire
From the album Reflektor (2013)
“Afterlife” by The Arcade Fire appears on 9 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2013 and 2014. It was first released in 2013 on the album Reflektor. Its best result is #20 on the CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2014. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #345 alternative song of 2013.
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"Afterlife" arrived as a single from Reflektor, Arcade Fire's fourth album, on September 28, 2013, and the band unveiled it on Saturday Night Live. All six members share the writing credit (Win and Will Butler, Régine Chassagne, Jeremy Gara, Timothy Kingsbury and Richard Reed Parry), and with James Murphy producing, the song keeps its feet moving under all that yearning, a slow-burning heartache you can dance to.
Its video became a small film of its own: Emily Kai Bock shot it on 35mm and 65mm stock, following a Latino family in Los Angeles who dream of their missing mother, and it won the 2014 Prism Prize. Spike Jonze directed a live video streamed during the YouTube Music Awards that November, and the band played the song at every show of the Reflektor tour.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 76 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2013 | 89 |
| 2013 | 67 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2013 | 200 |
| 2013 | 70 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2013 | 89 |
| 2013 | 38 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2013 | 90 |
| 2013 | 54 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2013 | 100 |
| 2014 | 59 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2014 | 91 |
| 2014 | 20 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2014 | 103 |
| 2014 | 69 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2014 | 99 |
| 2014 | 45 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2014 | 51 |
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