Song · Xavier Rudd
“Follow the Sun” by Xavier Rudd
From the album Spirit Bird (2012)
“Follow the Sun” by Xavier Rudd appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 2012. It was first released in 2012 on the album Spirit Bird. Its best result is #44 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #119 alternative song of 2012.
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"Follow the Sun" led the way for Spirit Bird, Australian multi-instrumentalist Xavier Rudd's seventh studio album, in 2012, and it was the odd one out in the making: the last song cut for the record and the only one tracked in Australia, with everything else done in Canada. Coming home shaped it. Rudd has said it grew out of thinking about all that has gone on across this ancient land, since long before the culture that lives on it now, and how rarely anyone stops to acknowledge it; he wanted the song to move like gently flowing water. Birdsong from thirty Australian species is woven through it.
It made the Song of the Year shortlist at the 2013 APRA Music Awards, and it kept travelling, reaching 24 on the Dutch singles chart in early 2016.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 49 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2012 | 131 |
| 2012 | 44 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2012 | 100 |
Also listed as: Follow The Sun.
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