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“Over My Head (Cable Car)” by The Fray
From the album How to Save a Life (2005)
“Over My Head (Cable Car)” by The Fray appears on 8 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2005 and 2025. It was first released in 2005 on the album How to Save a Life. Its best result is #72 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #391 alternative song of 2005.
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"Over My Head (Cable Car)" was the song that introduced the Fray, the lead single from their 2005 debut How to Save a Life, and back when the band played it live it went by plain "Cable Car". Isaac Slade and Joe King wrote it, Aaron Johnson and Mike Flynn produced, Mark Endert mixed, and it also turned up on the soundtrack to the sci-fi action film Stealth.
It's earnest pop rock aimed dead center, and it hit: top 10 on the Hot 100, a push that lifted the album into the top 20 of the Billboard 200, and a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals that went to "My Humps" instead. Its long shadow showed up in 2016, when Slade and King were added as co-writers of the Chainsmokers' "Closer" after listeners heard the resemblance.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 95 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2005 | 99 |
| 2005 | 149 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
| 2006 | 72 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2006 | 107 |
| 2006 | 80 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 529 | WTMD | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time | 897 |
| 2022 | 272 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 1015 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2025 | 802 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
Also listed as: Over My Head.
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