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“Poison & Wine” by The Civil Wars
From the album Barton Hollow (2011)
“Poison & Wine” by The Civil Wars appears on 7 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2010 and 2024. It was first released in 2011 on the album Barton Hollow. Its best result is #15 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #65 indie & aaa song of 2011 and #492 of the '10s.
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"Poison & Wine" comes from Barton Hollow, the Civil Wars' 2011 album, and it's a hushed, spare piece of work. John Paul White and Joy Williams wrote it with Chris Lindsey; White plays the acoustic guitar and Williams the piano, with Tim Lauer on keyboards, Jerry McPherson on electric guitar and Ken Lewis adding percussion. Charlie Peacock produced it, and Richie Biggs engineered and mixed.
Everything is pitched low and close, as if the players were afraid of waking someone, and the title's pairing of the sweet and the toxic tells you what kind of love it's weighing.
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 | 89 | WFIV 105.3 Knoxville, TN | WFIV Top 105 of 2010 | 105 |
| 2010 | 65 | WFPK Louisville, KY | WFPK Top 100 Songs of 2010 | 100 |
| 2011 | 73 | 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA | 106.1 The Corner Top 107 of 2011 | 105 |
| 2011 | 20 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2011 | 100 |
| 2011 | 15 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2011 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 150 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2024 | 657 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
Also listed as: Poison And Wine.
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