Song · The War On Drugs
“Up All Night” by The War On Drugs
From the album A Deeper Understanding (2017)
“Up All Night” by The War On Drugs appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2020 and 2024. It was first released in 2017 on the album A Deeper Understanding. Its best result is #753 on the WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,749 indie & aaa song of all time.
Adam Granduciel wrote "Up All Night", produced it, sings it and plays a small warehouse of gear on it: electric guitar, piano, electric piano, organ, Mellotron, synthesizer, sampler and drum machine. It's from A Deeper Understanding, the War on Drugs' fourth album, released on Atlantic on August 25, 2017. Around him are Charlie Hall on drums and percussion, Dave Hartley on bass, Robbie Bennett and Michael Johnson on more synths and Jon Natchez on baritone sax. Shawn Everett mixed it, as he did the whole album.
The record landed to acclaim and took Best Rock Album at the 60th Grammys. Pitchfork's Mark Richardson heard plenty of mid-'80s rock in it and still found it original, and Uncut's Michael Bonner called it some of the least lonely-sounding music of Granduciel's career.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1816 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2024 | 753 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
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