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“Everlasting Light” by The Black Keys
From the album Brothers (2010)
“Everlasting Light” by The Black Keys appears on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2010 and 2024. It was first released in 2010 on the album Brothers. Its best result is #32 on the WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2010.
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"Everlasting Light" is on Brothers, the sixth Black Keys album, which Nonesuch released in May 2010. Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney wrote it together and produced it with Mark Neill, who also engineered; Tchad Blake mixed, and Lady Wray sings backup.
The album came out of a rough patch. Auerbach's solo record Keep It Hid, released in early 2009, upset Carney, who was already reeling from a painful divorce, and the two had to make peace before they started recording in late 2009, mostly at the rundown Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama. Those rooms pushed them toward stripped-down songs with the weight on the low end. "Everlasting Light" went on to be certified gold in the US.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
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Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 57 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2010 | 89 |
| 2010 | 32 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2010 | 100 |
| 2011 | 50 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2011 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 441 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2022 | 450 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2024 | 506 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
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