Song · The Head and the Heart
“Rhythm & Blues” by The Head and the Heart
From the album Signs of Light (2016)
“Rhythm & Blues” by The Head and the Heart appears on 9 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2016 and 2019. It was first released in 2016 on the album Signs of Light. Its best result is #8 on the WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #32 indie & aaa song of 2016, #2,503 indie & aaa song of all time and #150 of the '10s.
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"Rhythm & Blues" comes from Signs of Light, the Head and the Heart's third album and their first for Warner Bros., released in September 2016, three years after Let's Be Still. Once they'd signed to the new label, the band went looking for Jay Joyce to produce, and he's at the controls here, with David Sardy mixing and Scott McDowell engineering.
The writing credit runs six names deep: Kenny Hensley, Josiah Johnson, Jonathan Russell, Charity Thielen, Tyler Williams and Chris Zasche. Johnson's name is a reminder of the shifting ground under the record, since he stepped away on a break in March 2016, months before it came out. The album itself opened at number five on the Billboard 200.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 20 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2016 | 90 |
| 2016 | 16 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 100 Songs of 2016 | 90 |
| 2016 | 49 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2016 | 88 |
| 2016 | 33 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2016 | 104 |
| 2017 | 152 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2017 | 200 |
| 2017 | 11 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2017 | 88 |
| 2017 | 8 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2017 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 495 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 495 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
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