Seasons (Waiting on You)

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"Seasons (Waiting on You)"
Future Islands Seasons.jpg
Single by Future Islands
from the album Singles
B-side "One Day"
ReleasedFebruary 4, 2014 (2014-02-04)
RecordedAugust 2013
Studio Dreamland Studios
(Hurley, New York)
Genre Synthpop, electronic rock
Length3:46
Label 4AD
Songwriter(s)
  • William Cashion
  • Samuel T. Herring
  • J. Gerrit Welmers
Producer(s) Chris Coady
Future Islands singles chronology
"Tomorrow" / "The Fountain"
(2012)		"Seasons (Waiting on You)"
(2014)		"A Dream of You and Me"
(2015)
Music video
"Seasons (Waiting on You)" on YouTube

"Seasons (Waiting on You)" is a song by American synthpop band Future Islands. It is the opening track on their fourth studio album Singles , and was released as the album's lead single on February 4, 2014. [1] The song received much critical acclaim, topping The Village Voice 's annual year-end Pazz & Jop critics' poll [2] and also being named the best track of 2014 by publications such as NME , [3] Pitchfork , [4] and Spin . [5] In 2019, it was named the 34th best song of the 2010s by Pitchfork, [6] and was ranked 94th on Rolling Stone 's 100 Best Songs of the 2010s. [7]

Contents

Critical reception

Accolades

Accolades for "Seasons (Waiting on You)"
PublicationAccoladeRank
Consequence of Sound Top 50 Songs of 2014 [8] 1
Pitchfork The 100 Best Tracks of 2014 [9] 1
Pazz & Jop Single of the Year 2014 [10] 1
Spin The 101 Best Songs of 2014 [11] 1
NME Top 50 Tracks of 2014 [12] 1
PopMatters The 75 Best Songs of 2014 [13] 2
Drowned in Sound 40 Favourite Songs of 2014 [14] 4
Slant Magazine The 25 Best Singles of 2014 [15] 8
Paste The 50 Best Songs of 2014 [16] 8
Rolling Stone 50 Best Songs of 2014 [17] 9
American Songwriter Top 50 Songs of 2014 [18] 14
Pitchfork The 200 Best Tracks of the Decade So Far (2010–2014) [19] 123
Pitchfork The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s [6] 34

Live performances

The band's performance of the song on Late Show with David Letterman became an internet hit [20] due to frontman Samuel T. Herring's visual and vocal performance, which included elaborate and angular dance moves and death metal-style growls. Herring also put on a similarly unusual performance during the band's performance of the song on Later... with Jools Holland . [21]

Track listing

  1. "Seasons (Waiting on You)" – 3:46
  2. "One Day" – 4:27
  1. "Seasons (Waiting on You)" (BADBADNOTGOOD Reinterpretation) – 3:43

Charts

Chart performance for "Seasons (Waiting on You)"
Chart (2014)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA Hitseekers) [23] 13
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [24] 50
UK Indie (OCC) [25] 25
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [26] 50
US Adult Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [27] 27
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [28] 37

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [29] Gold40,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [30] Silver200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history for "Seasons (Waiting on You)"
RegionDateFormatLabel
United States [1] [22] February 4, 2014 7-inch vinyl 4AD Records
June 30, 2014 Digital download

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