Song · Vampire Weekend
“Step” by Vampire Weekend
From the album Modern Vampires of the City (2013)
“Step” by Vampire Weekend appears on 11 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2013 and 2025. It was first released in 2013 on the album Modern Vampires of the City. Its best result is #15 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2014. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #93 alternative song of 2013 and #497 of the '10s.
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On Modern Vampires of the City, Vampire Weekend's 2013 third album, "Step" borrows its bones from an unlikely place. Ezra Koenig and Rostam Batmanglij built it partly on "Step to My Girl", a demo by the Oakland hip-hop crew Souls of Mischief, and the band went through proper channels, with its lawyers arranging to sample and borrow a line and one member calling the group directly. When Tajai of Souls of Mischief finally heard the finished track, he gave it his blessing.
Rostam co-produced with Ariel Rechtshaid and Rich Costey mixed, and the result is stately and a little wistful, Koenig's words drifting over a slow, courtly arrangement. It later became the fourth and last single pulled from the album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 66 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2013 | 89 |
| 2013 | 69 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2013 | 200 |
| 2013 | 22 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2013 | 135 |
| 2013 | 26 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2013 | 100 |
| 2014 | 48 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2014 | 103 |
| 2014 | 38 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2014 | 100 |
| 2014 | 15 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2014 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 494 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2019 | 99 | 102.7 WEQX | WEQX Top 102.7 of the 2010's Decade | 103 |
| 2024 | 370 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 269 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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