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“Time Won't Let Me Go” by The Bravery
From the album The Sun and the Moon (2007)
“Time Won't Let Me Go” by The Bravery appears on 19 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2007 and 2014. It was first released in 2007 on the album The Sun and the Moon. Its best result is #13 on The End Top 107 Songs of 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #26 alternative song of 2007, #2,822 alternative song of all time and #452 of the '00s.
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"Time Won't Let Me Go" led The Bravery back into the fray in 2007 as the first single from their second album, The Sun and the Moon, on Island. It sounds like a wistful glance over the shoulder dressed up as an indie-rock singalong, all chiming guitars and a chorus built for rolled-down car windows, and the second verse leans hard on nostalgia, with nods to Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69" and to Cherry Valance, the character from S. E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders.
Music supervisors snapped it up. It played in the very first episode of Gossip Girl, turned up on Las Vegas, Leverage and One Tree Hill, and landed on the soundtrack of the movie Never Back Down.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 65 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2007 | 107 |
| 2007 | 17 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2007 | 106 |
| 2007 | 43 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 34 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2007 | 100 |
| 2007 | 13 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2007 | 107 |
| 2007 | 30 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 75 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2007 | 102 |
| 2007 | 47 | CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC | CHOI Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 21 | KWOD Sacramento, CA | KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2007 | 106 |
| 2007 | 44 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2007 | 129 |
| 2007 | 55 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2007 | 88 |
| 2008 | 104 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2008 | 105 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1184 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1204 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1209 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1243 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1297 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1345 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1398 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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