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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.
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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
All-time and decade countdowns
Also listed as: Wish I Knew You.
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