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“Crash Years” by The New Pornographers
From the album Together (2010)
“Crash Years” by The New Pornographers appears on 9 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2010 and 2024. It was first released in 2010 on the album Together. Its best result is #23 on the WEXT Top 97 of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #48 indie & aaa song of 2010, #3,999 indie & aaa song of all time and #380 of the '10s.
"Crash Years" hands the lead vocal to Neko Case on Together, the New Pornographers' fifth album, released in May 2010, and it was one of the tracks the band sent out with a video, alongside "Your Hands (Together)", "Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk" and "Moves". The band produced it with Phil Palazzolo, who also recorded it, on an album assembled across 7 studios in British Columbia and New York City.
The whole album is dedicated to Lynn Calder's memory: she was keyboardist Kathryn Calder's mother and Carl Newman's half-sister, which makes this band something close to an extended family, with Case's voice riding out front.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 77 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2010 | 88 |
| 2010 | 66 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2010 | 100 |
| 2010 | 23 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2010 | 97 |
| 2010 | 38 | WRSI 93.9 The River Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA | WRSI Top 94 Songs of 2010 | 93 |
| 2010 | 38 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2010 | 89 |
| 2010 | 54 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2010 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 500 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2018 | 387 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2024 | 345 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
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