Song · Yeasayer
“Ambling Alp” by Yeasayer
From the album Odd Blood (2010)
“Ambling Alp” by Yeasayer appears on 11 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2009 and 2025. It was first released in 2010 on the album Odd Blood. Its best result is #4 on the WLOY Top 50 of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #167 alternative song of 2010.
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"Ambling Alp" comes from Odd Blood, Yeasayer's 2010 album, and it's a strictly in-house job: Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton and Anand Wilder wrote it together and produced it themselves, then handed it to Britt Myers to mix. What they cooked up is a lurching, glittering thing, a stomping beat and swooping synths wrapped around a hook big enough to shout back at the stage, psychedelic pop that struts like it's been hitting the gym.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 60 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2009 | 89 |
| 2010 | 60 | Impact 89FM Lansing, MI | Impact 89FM Top 89 of 2010 | 88 |
| 2010 | 34 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2010 | 97 |
| 2010 | 47 | WFPK Louisville, KY | WFPK Top 100 Songs of 2010 | 100 |
| 2010 | 4 | WLOY Baltimore, MD | WLOY Top 50 of 2010 | 50 |
| 2010 | 70 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2010 | 89 |
| 2010 | 28 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2010 | 88 |
| 2010 | 98 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2010 | 100 |
| 2010 | 51 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 377 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2025 | 791 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
Also listed as: Ambling Alf.
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