Song · The War and Treaty
“Five More Minutes” by The War and Treaty
From the album Hearts Town (2020)
“Five More Minutes” by The War and Treaty appears on 9 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2020 and 2026. It was first released in 2020 on the album Hearts Town. Its best result is #1 on the WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2020. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #56 indie & aaa song of 2020, #2,246 indie & aaa song of all time and #379 of the '20s.
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"Five More Minutes" arrived in September 2020 on Hearts Town, The War and Treaty's album that year, and it's a two-voice affair from the top: Michael Trotter and Tanya Blount share the singing, and they share the control booth too, with Trotter producing and Blount co-producing.
Trotter also sits at the piano, and the room around him is warm and rootsy. Philippe Bronchtein doubles on organ and pedal steel, Dayna Bee adds violin and Nolan Nevels holds down the drums, so the song has a full, lived-in band sound rather than a bare duet. Gary Paczosa recorded and mixed it, with Lowell Reynolds assisting, and he leaves plenty of air around those two voices.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 74 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2020 | 90 |
| 2020 | 133 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2020 | 199 |
| 2020 | 1 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2020 | 89 |
| 2020 | 42 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2020 | 89 |
| 2020 | 78 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2020 | 100 |
| 2020 | 37 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2020 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 183 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2025 | 542 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2026 | 405 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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