Song · Waxahatchee
“Lilacs” by Waxahatchee
From the album Saint Cloud (2020)
“Lilacs” by Waxahatchee appears on 14 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2020 and 2026. It was first released in 2020 on the album Saint Cloud. Its best result is #10 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2020. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #11 indie & aaa song of 2020, #1,219 indie & aaa song of all time and #97 of the '20s.
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Katie Crutchfield wrote "Lilacs" on her own for Waxahatchee's 2020 album Saint Cloud, and it carries the record's unhurried confidence: a warm, rolling tune that puts her voice right up front, plainspoken and unguarded. Brad Cook produced it and Jonathan Low mixed, keeping the room open and the edges soft, so the song lands like a conversation instead of a performance.
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 | 16 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2020 | 89 |
| 2020 | 112 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2020 | 199 |
| 2020 | 56 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2020 | 88 |
| 2020 | 20 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2020 | 89 |
| 2020 | 10 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2020 | 90 |
| 2020 | 20 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2020 | 100 |
| 2020 | 18 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2020 | 103 |
| 2020 | 11 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2020 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 365 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2024 | 209 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 71 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 149 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 592 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 289 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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