Song · The Head and the Heart
“Down In The Valley” by The Head and the Heart
From the album The Head and the Heart (2010)
“Down In The Valley” by The Head and the Heart appears on 9 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2011 and 2024. It was first released in 2010 on the album The Head and the Heart. Its best result is #2 on the WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #101 indie & aaa song of 2011, #2,379 indie & aaa song of all time and #362 of the '10s.
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"Down in the Valley" comes from the Head and the Heart's debut album, a record the folk rock band first put out themselves, selling it at gigs, by word of mouth and through local shops until it had moved 10,000 copies. Back home in Ballard, Seattle, it was the biggest seller of 2010 at the independent Sonic Boom Records, and Sub Pop then gave it a proper release.
The band wrote the song together and co-produced it with Shawn Simmons and Steven Aguilar, who also recorded and mixed it. Their sound leans on three-way vocal harmonies, piano and violin lines and big drums and percussion: homespun, but built to fill a room.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 53 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2011 | 89 |
| 2011 | 78 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2011 | 100 |
| 2011 | 26 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2011 | 90 |
| 2012 | 2 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2012 | 50 |
| 2012 | 31 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2012 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 568 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2023 | 630 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places | 800 |
| 2024 | 254 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 626 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
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