Cover of Men Amongst Mountains by The Revivalists
Cover: Men Amongst Mountains

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“Wish I knew You” by The Revivalists

From the album Men Amongst Mountains (2015)

“Wish I knew You” by The Revivalists appears on 36 radio countdowns from 24 stations between 2016 and 2026. It was first released in 2015 on the album Men Amongst Mountains. Its best result is #1 on the WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2016. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #99 alternative song of 2016, #2,775 alternative song of all time and #161 of the '10s.

36countdowns
24stations
#1best position
1#1 finishes
9top 10 finishes
2016–2026years charted

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"Wish I Knew You" comes from Men Amongst Mountains, the Revivalists' 2015 album, and it rides an easy, loping groove that never feels the need to hurry. Ben Ellman produced it and Vance Powell mixed it, and the band's big lineup is all over it: David Shaw's lead vocal on top, Zack Feinberg's guitar, George Gekas on bass, Andrew Campanelli on drums with Mike Dillon adding percussion, Michael Girardot on keyboards and trumpet, Rob Ingraham's saxophone and Ed Williams's pedal steel sighing in the background.

It became the American band's first number one on Billboard's Adult Alternative Airplay chart, and in May 2017 it set a record for the most plays in a single week on alternative radio since Mediabase began tracking in 1988, a mark Portugal. The Man later broke. Billboard afterwards ranked it 57th on its list of the Adult Alternative chart's 100 biggest songs ever.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2016 78 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2016 91
2016 84 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2016 99
2016 70 WFUV New York, NY WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2016 90
2016 8 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2016 50
2016 50 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2016 103
2016 10 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2016 101
2016 1 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2016 107
2016 30 WERS 88.9 Boston, MA WERS Top 88 Songs of 2016 88
2016 61 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2016 88
2016 7 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2016 104
2016 4 WTMD Baltimore, MD WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2016 89
2017 3 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2017 91
2017 3 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017 99
2017 8 93.3 WMMR Philadelphia, PA WMMR Top 25 Songs of 2017 25
2017 12 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2017 50
2020 46 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 93 Songs of 2020 93

All-time and decade countdowns

Also listed as: Wish I Knew You.

Charting alongside it in 2016

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