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“Name For You” by The Shins
From the album Heartworms (2017)
“Name For You” by The Shins appears on 9 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2017 and 2026. It was first released in 2017 on the album Heartworms. Its best result is #9 on the WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #80 alternative song of 2017.
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James Mercer wrote "Name For You" on his own and produced it himself for Heartworms, the fifth Shins album, which Columbia released on March 10, 2017, ending a five-year wait between studio records. Mercer sings lead and plays guitar and bass, Mark Watrous adds guitar and piano, Joe Plummer drums, and Yuuki Matthews plays synthesizer and handled the mix.
Heartworms came wrapped in art drawn from a triptych in the Japanese ukiyo-e tradition, Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre, and critics were broadly kind to it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 46 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2017 | 91 |
| 2017 | 101 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2017 | 103 |
| 2017 | 79 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2017 | 88 |
| 2017 | 9 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2017 | 104 |
| 2017 | 33 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2017 | 50 |
| 2017 | 71 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 100 Songs of 2017 | 90 |
| 2017 | 101 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2017 | 200 |
| 2017 | 58 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2017 | 104 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 431 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
Also listed as: Name for You.
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