Song · The National
“Light Years” by The National
From the album I Am Easy to Find (2019)
“Light Years” by The National appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 2019. It was first released in 2019 on the album I Am Easy to Find. Its best result is #25 on the WERS Top 88 Songs of 2019. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #125 indie & aaa song of 2019.
The National put "Light Years" on I Am Easy to Find, their eighth album, which 4AD released on May 17, 2019, as the follow-up to 2017's Sleep Well Beast. Aaron Dessner wrote the music and Matt Berninger the words, and the two produced it with Bryce Dessner and Mike Mills. Peter Katis mixed, with extra mixing from Jonathan Low.
The album arrived with a companion short film that Mike Mills directed, starring Alicia Vikander, but a press release insisted the record was no soundtrack; the idea for the album only came after the film was shot. Most of it was recorded at Long Pond in New York's Hudson Valley, with pieces gathered in cities from Paris to Cincinnati, and a cast of women's voices runs through the album, Lisa Hannigan, Sharon Van Etten and Gail Ann Dorsey among them.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 25 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2019 | 88 |
| 2019 | 60 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2019 | 90 |
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