Song · The Decemberists
“Sucker's Prayer” by The Decemberists
From the album I’ll Be Your Girl (2018)
“Sucker's Prayer” by The Decemberists appears on 11 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2018 and 2023. It was first released in 2018 on the album I’ll Be Your Girl. Its best result is #4 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2020.
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"Sucker's Prayer" comes from I'll Be Your Girl, the Decemberists' eighth studio album, which Capitol and Rough Trade released in March 2018. Colin Meloy wrote it by himself, words and music, and John Congleton produced it with the band, recording and mixing the track with Adam Lee assisting.
The record around it was a shake-up. With Congleton at the controls the band tried out new instruments, including synth-driven pieces that owed a debt to New Order and Depeche Mode, and Meloy has said the lyrics grew partly out of the 2016 election and its aftermath: a slide into real despair, a slow climb back out, and a kind of ironic humor with anger running right alongside it.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 47 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2018 | 107 |
| 2018 | 70 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2018 | 89 |
| 2018 | 49 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2018 | 90 |
| 2018 | 38 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2018 | 90 |
| 2018 | 55 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2018 | 97 |
| 2018 | 86 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2018 | 104 |
| 2018 | 63 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2018 | 89 |
| 2020 | 4 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2020 | 64 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 634 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 634 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2023 | 462 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
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