Song · Zero 7
“Destiny” by Zero 7 with Sia
Released 2001 With Sia
“Destiny” by Zero 7 with Sia appears on 9 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2009 and 2024. It was first released in 2001. Its best result is #278 on the WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,317 indie & aaa song of all time and #483 of the '00s.
"Destiny" drifts in from Simple Things, the debut album English downtempo duo Zero 7 released in April 2001, and went out as a UK single that August. Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker wrote the music and produced it, then brought in singer-songwriter Sophie Barker to help finish the writing and, on the advice of her own manager, the Australian singer Sia, the fourth name on the credit.
Sia takes the verses and choruses, with Barker joining her on the choruses, and the song is a slow-burning ballad of two lovers pulled apart and aching to be together again, one of them hurting more than the other. It entered the UK Singles Chart at number 30, its peak, and found a home on Triple A radio in the States. Tommy Pallotta's rotoscoped video, full of glum loners wandering past couples in love, got the most play.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 278 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2009 | 540 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Essential Songs | 913 |
| 2013 | 633 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2016 | 684 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2019 | 465 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 465 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2022 | 673 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2022 | 585 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2024 | 806 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
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