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“Right Back to It” by Waxahatchee with M J Lenderman
From the album Tigers Blood (2024) With M J Lenderman
“Right Back to It” by Waxahatchee with M J Lenderman appears on 20 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 2024 and 2026. It was first released in 2024 on the album Tigers Blood. Its best result is #1 on the WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2024, and it was voted number one on two countdowns in total. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #474 alternative song of 2024.
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"Right Back to It" was the lead single from Waxahatchee's sixth album, Tigers Blood, in 2024, and it finds Katie Crutchfield leaning into the old country-duet tradition, with MJ Lenderman singing alongside her and slinging electric guitar. She had first found the melody at the piano back in 2021 and saved it as a voice memo.
The song is about a love that has lasted long enough to wobble: the doubts, the drift, and the way two people keep finding their way back to each other. Crutchfield wanted a love song with the gloss scraped off, and it sounds like one, with Phil Cook's banjo rolling, Spencer Tweedy's unhurried drums, producer Brad Cook on bass, and her acoustic guitar and voice sitting right up close.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 59 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 106 of 2024 | 106 |
| 2024 | 3 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2024 | 103 |
| 2024 | 20 | WNXP 91.ONE Nashville, TN | WNXP 91 Most Played Songs of 2024 | 91 |
| 2024 | 1 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2024 | 89 |
| 2024 | 319 | KALX 90.7 San Francisco Bay Area | KALX 500 Most Played New Songs in 2024 | 500 |
| 2024 | 26 | KXT Dallas–Fort Worth, TX | KXT Top 91 Songs of 2024 | 91 |
| 2024 | 58 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2024 | 100 |
| 2024 | 4 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2024 | 90 |
| 2024 | 1 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2024 | 89 |
| 2024 | 113 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2024 | 200 |
| 2024 | 2 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2024 | 90 |
| 2024 | 76 | Impact 89FM Lansing, MI | Impact 89FM Top 89 Songs of 2024 | 89 |
| 2024 | 81 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2024 | 88 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 726 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2024 | 116 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 401 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 22 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 121 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 334 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
| 2026 | 145 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
Also listed as: Right Back To It (ft. MJ Lenderman); Right Back to It (ft. MJ Lenderman); Right Back To It; Right Back To It (feat. MJ Lenderman); Right Back To It feat. MJ Lenderman; Right Back to It ft. MJ Lenderman.
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