Song · Wilco
“Spiders (Kidsmoke)” by Wilco
From the album A Ghost Is Born (2004)
“Spiders (Kidsmoke)” by Wilco appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2013 and 2024. It was first released in 2004 on the album A Ghost Is Born. Its best result is #714 on the WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024).
"Spiders (Kidsmoke)" belongs to Jeff Tweedy from the ground up. He wrote it alone for A Ghost Is Born, Wilco's fifth album, released on Nonesuch in 2004, and he sings it and plays electric guitar on the Wilco record that put his own lead playing furthest forward yet. Jim O'Rourke matches him on electric guitar and adds piano and synthesizer, Mikael Jorgensen works the keyboards, Glenn Kotche drums, and John Stirratt holds down the bass and sings backup, with Chris Shaw engineering.
The album arrived under a cloud. Tweedy checked into a rehab clinic shortly before it came out, which pushed the release back two weeks and cut the tour short, yet it still posted the band's best sales week to that point, and it went on to win Wilco the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 768 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2024 | 714 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
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