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“Burial Ground” by The Decemberists featuring James Mercer
From the album As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again (2024) Featuring James Mercer
“Burial Ground” by The Decemberists featuring James Mercer appears on 15 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 2024 and 2025. It was first released in 2024 on the album As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again. Its best result is #6 on the WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2024. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #227 alternative song of 2024.
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"Burial Ground" comes from the Decemberists' 2024 album As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again, and it finds the band at full, generous strength. Colin Meloy wrote it, sings it and plays acoustic and electric guitar, while Chris Funk piles on banjo, mandolin and pedal steel, Jenny Conlee brings piano, organ, accordion and vibraphone, and Kelly Pratt lays a warm glow of trumpet, flugelhorn and euphonium over the top.
Nate Query and John Moen keep the floor sturdy underneath, and James Mercer and Elizabeth Ellison fill in the backing vocals. Tucker Martine recorded and mixed it and produced it with the band, and for all that crowding, nothing gets in anybody's way: it's the sound of a folk-rock outfit that knows exactly where every instrument belongs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2024 | 88 |
| 2024 | 13 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2024 | 89 |
| 2024 | 33 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 106 of 2024 | 106 |
| 2024 | 76 | WNXP 91.ONE Nashville, TN | WNXP 91 Most Played Songs of 2024 | 91 |
| 2024 | 10 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2024 | 90 |
| 2024 | 12 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2024 | 89 |
| 2024 | 6 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2024 | 107 |
| 2024 | 72 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2024 | 103 |
| 2024 | 8 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2024 | 100 |
| 2024 | 31 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2024 | 90 |
| 2024 | 72 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2024 | 200 |
| 2024 | 20 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2024 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 679 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2024 | 459 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 326 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
Also listed as: Burial Ground (ft. James Mercer).
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