Song · TV on the Radio
“Will Do” by TV on the Radio
From the album Nine Types of Light (2011)
“Will Do” by TV on the Radio appears on 24 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 2011 and 2026. It was first released in 2011 on the album Nine Types of Light. Its best result is #5 on the CD101 Top 102 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #92 alternative song of 2011, #3,165 alternative song of all time and #455 of the '10s.
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"Will Do" comes from Nine Types of Light, the 2011 album from TV on the Radio, and it finds the band at their most tender. Dave Sitek produced it and Rich Costey mixed it, with Zeph Sowers engineering, and the extra touches are delicate ones: strings from Gillian Rivers and backing vocals from Priscilla Ahn. The result is a slow-burning, synth-lit ballad with a warm, patient glow.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102 Songs of 2011 | 102 |
| 2011 | 20 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2011 | 104 |
| 2011 | 77 | KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA | KSLG Top 94 Slugtracks of 2011 | 94 |
| 2011 | 65 | WRSI 93.9 The River Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA | WRSI Top 93 Songs of 2011 | 93 |
| 2011 | 61 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2011 | 89 |
| 2011 | 43 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2011 | 111 |
| 2011 | 81 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2011 | 90 |
| 2011 | 32 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2011 | 107 |
| 2011 | 45 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2011 | 100 |
| 2011 | 36 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2011 | 103 |
| 2011 | 90 | 90.5 WERG Erie, PA | WERG Top 90 of 2011 | 90 |
| 2011 | 20 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2011 | 97 |
| 2011 | 66 | 89.9 WLCA St. Louis, MO | WLCA Top 89 of 2011 | 89 |
| 2011 | 39 | WBRU Providence, RI | WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2011 | 96 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 969 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 577 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2013 | 556 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2014 | 525 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2016 | 858 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2022 | 1032 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2022 | 1108 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2024 | 311 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2025 | 667 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2026 | 807 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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