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“The District Sleeps Alone Tonight” by The Postal Service
From the album Give Up (2003)
“The District Sleeps Alone Tonight” by The Postal Service appears on 17 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2005 and 2026. It was first released in 2003 on the album Give Up. Its best result is #2 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 40 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #241 alternative song of 2005 and #5,428 alternative song of all time.
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"The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" comes from Give Up, the 2003 Sub Pop debut by the Postal Service, the pairing of Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello, better known as Dntel. The two wrote it together and cut it early in 2002, and it went out as the album's second single that July. The "District" is Washington, D.C., where Gibbard's girlfriend had just moved; the song grew out of a night they spent catching up when his tour passed through.
The beats tick and flutter like a restless pulse, Gibbard sings with rueful tenderness and adds guitar, Jenny Lewis slips in on backing vocals, and Chris Walla recorded the guitar parts. It's electronic pop with a lump in its throat. The film D.E.B.S. used it in 2004.
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 | 2 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 40 Songs of 2005 | 40 |
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