Song · Vampire Weekend
“This Life” by Vampire Weekend
From the album Father of the Bride (2019)
“This Life” by Vampire Weekend appears on 20 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 2019 and 2026. It was first released in 2019 on the album Father of the Bride. Its best result is #1 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2020. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #23 alternative song of 2019 and #435 of the '20s.
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Vampire Weekend put "This Life" out in April 2019, paired on a double A-side with "Unbearably White", ahead of Father of the Bride, their fourth album. It's a sunny trick of a song: bright guitars, handclaps and brushed drums skipping along on a Latin shuffle, with a melody that owes an obvious debt to Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl", a feel critics tied to Paul Simon's Graceland, and opening lines that tip a hat to Albert Hammond's "It Never Rains in Southern California".
Under all that glow, Ezra Koenig is chewing on spiritual doubt and suffering nobody gets to dodge. He wrote it with iLoveMakonnen and Mark Ronson and produced it with Ariel Rechtshaid, and Manny Marroquin's mix keeps every edge polished. Plenty of critics ranked it among the band's finest work.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 79 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2019 | 91 |
| 2019 | 26 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 50 Songs of 2019 | 50 |
| 2019 | 33 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2019 | 103 |
| 2019 | 24 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2019 | 51 |
| 2019 | 3 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2019 | 104 |
| 2019 | 3 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2019 | 90 |
| 2019 | 6 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2019 | 107 |
| 2019 | 16 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2019 | 100 |
| 2019 | 18 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2019 | 89 |
| 2019 | 132 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2019 | 200 |
| 2019 | 12 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2019 | 90 |
| 2019 | 24 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2019 | 88 |
| 2020 | 1 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2020 | 64 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1023 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2023 | 548 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2023 | 301 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 310 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 449 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 564 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 846 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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