Song · Wye Oak
“Civilian” by Wye Oak
From the album Civilian (2011)
“Civilian” by Wye Oak appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2011 and 2025. It was first released in 2011 on the album Civilian. Its best result is #22 on the WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #185 indie & aaa song of 2011 and #7,814 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Civilian" is the title track of Wye Oak's third album, and the band unveiled it in February 2011 along with word of the record itself, which Merge released in the States and City Slang in Europe that March. Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack wrote it and produced it themselves, with Chris and Mickey Freeland recording and John Congleton handling the mix.
Television found it, too. An edited version soundtracked the trailer for The Walking Dead's second season in 2011, and the song came back to close out the show's second-season episode "18 Miles Out" in 2012. The album around it had its champions as well: the A.V. Club named Civilian the best album of 2011.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2011 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 22 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2025 | 811 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
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