Sleeping on the Blacktop
The opening song of the 2015 EP, his most-played and most-used song.
Colter Wall, from Imaginary Appalachia (2015)
- Released
- 2015
- Album
- Imaginary Appalachia
"Sleeping on the Blacktop" opens Imaginary Appalachia, recorded by Jason Plumb at Studio One in Regina; no songwriter credit was found in any source read, and no statement from Wall about its meaning. It is certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA and Platinum in New Zealand. It was used in Hell or High Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Dog the Bounty Hunter, The Peripheral, the opening montage of the third episode of the fourth season of Yellowstone, Kaos (2024) and Untamed (2025). Tunefind named it the top TV song for the week of November 24, 2021, for Yellowstone.
It is his most-played song on setlist.fm, 165 times. A 2021 live version, titled Original 16 Brewery Sessions, is listed by retailers but has not been verified. Our upload is titled with the EP.
More songs by Colter Wall
Where to go next
Reference
- Colter Wall on Wikipedia Certifications and screen placements.
Live performance archives
- setlist.fm: Colter Wall song statistics Play counts.
Sources
- Colter Wall, Wikipedia
- Imaginary Appalachia, Wikipedia
- Colter Wall song statistics, setlist.fm