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The Civil Wars

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An Americana, folk, and country duo formed around guitarist John Paul White and vocalist Joy Williams, the Civil Wars made a quick name for themselves with the release of a digital album, Live at Eddie's Attic, in 2009. The Poison & Wine EP followed later that year, and the duo partnered with producer Charlie Peacock to begin recording a full-length album in 2010. The result, Barton Hollow, was released in February 2011, topping the digital charts and cracking Billboard's Top 20 during its first week. Live at Amoeba appeared in the spring of 2012, and although rumors of a split for the duo circulated, two projects appeared in 2013, the soundtrack to the movie A Place at the Table, which saw the duo working with producer T-Bone Burnett, and a new full-length studio album, the self-titled The Civil Wars, which was released at the end of the summer. Although it debuted at number one and earned strong reviews, it proved to be their last. White and Williams issued a statement in August 2014 that they had "regretfully decided to permanently part ways." ~ Chris True

Genres

: southern gothic

Total plays

1.2 billion
Updated on 2025-10-29

Country

United States

Monthly listeners

1,039,446

Followers

801,819

Top Cities

  1. Australia
    Sydney
    11,127 listeners
  2. United States
    Chicago
    12,943 listeners
  3. United States
    Denver
    11,606 listeners
  4. United Kingdom
    London
    14,928 listeners
  5. Turkey
    Istanbul
    10,898 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track Plays Duration Release date
Safe & Sound - from The Hunger Games Soundtrack
Safe & Sound - from The Hunger Games Soundtrack
251,641,588 3:57 2012-01-01
Poison & Wine
Poison & Wine
162,227,029 3:37 2009-11-15
Billie Jean
Billie Jean
122,909,629 4:20 2012-01-01
Dust to Dust
Dust to Dust
59,593,926 3:50 2013-07-30
To Whom It May Concern
To Whom It May Concern
53,873,039 3:31 2011-02-01
Dance Me to the End of Love (Bonus)
Dance Me to the End of Love (Bonus)
46,829,695 3:05 2011-02-01
Barton Hollow
Barton Hollow
45,067,232 3:26 2011-02-01
Devil’s Backbone
Devil’s Backbone
43,179,629 2:29 2013-07-30
20 Years
20 Years
29,415,849 3:02 2011-02-01
The One That Got Away
The One That Got Away
20,072,885 3:33 2013-06-11
I've Got This Friend
I've Got This Friend
18,727,392 3:24 2011-02-01
No Ordinary Love (Live at Eddie's Attic)
No Ordinary Love (Live at Eddie's Attic)
16,661,533 3:29 2009-06-30
From This Valley (Acoustic)
From This Valley (Acoustic)
15,337,891 3:29 2013-11-29
Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come
13,489,750 3:43 2012-01-01
From This Valley
From This Valley
12,088,281 3:33 2013-07-30
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
11,726,526 2:34 2012-01-01
Dust to Dust (Acoustic)
Dust to Dust (Acoustic)
11,093,743 3:46 2013-11-29
I Had Me a Girl
I Had Me a Girl
11,026,463 3:45 2013-07-30
My Father’s Father
My Father’s Father
10,959,970 3:20 2011-02-01
My Father's Father
My Father's Father
10,959,970 3:20 2012-01-26
Falling
Falling
10,452,365 3:58 2011-02-01
C'est La Mort
C'est La Mort
10,107,400 2:30 2012-01-26
C’est La Mort
C’est La Mort
10,104,901 2:30 2011-02-01
Girl with the Red Balloon
Girl with the Red Balloon
9,997,759 3:50 2012-01-26
Girl with the Red Balloon
Girl with the Red Balloon
9,996,078 3:50 2011-02-01
Eavesdrop
Eavesdrop
9,414,511 3:35 2013-07-30
Between the Bars
Between the Bars
8,970,203 2:47 2012-01-01
The Violet Hour
The Violet Hour
8,883,354 3:25 2012-01-26
The Violet Hour
The Violet Hour
8,880,998 3:25 2011-02-01
Same Old Same Old
Same Old Same Old
8,765,512 3:48 2013-07-30
Tracks in the Snow
Tracks in the Snow
8,341,849 3:51 2011-11-25
The One That Got Away (Acoustic)
The One That Got Away (Acoustic)
8,253,168 3:30 2013-11-29
You Are My Sunshine
You Are My Sunshine
7,654,788 3:09 2011-03-01
Disarm
Disarm
7,539,857 4:42 2013-07-30
I Want You Back - Bonus
I Want You Back - Bonus
7,145,284 3:15 2012-03-05
I Want You Back (Bonus)
I Want You Back (Bonus)
7,144,131 3:15 2011-02-01
Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart
6,844,325 3:19 2013-07-30
Forget Me Not
Forget Me Not
6,673,802 2:57 2012-01-26
Forget Me Not
Forget Me Not
6,672,047 2:57 2011-02-01
Birds of a Feather
Birds of a Feather
6,278,364 3:09 2012-01-26
Birds of a Feather
Birds of a Feather
6,276,989 3:09 2011-02-01
Tell Mama
Tell Mama
5,891,577 3:48 2013-07-30
Tip of My Tongue (Live at Eddie's Attic)
Tip of My Tongue (Live at Eddie's Attic)
5,184,074 3:22 2009-06-30
Talking in Your Sleep
Talking in Your Sleep
4,645,228 3:24 2012-01-01
Billie Jean - Live
Billie Jean - Live
4,311,654 4:09 2012-01-26
Oh Henry
Oh Henry
4,262,562 3:33 2013-07-30
D’Arline
D’Arline
3,658,963 3:04 2013-08-02
D'Arline
D'Arline
3,658,963 3:06 2013-07-30
Tip of My Tongue
Tip of My Tongue
3,142,378 2:43 2009-11-15
Sour Times
Sour Times
2,793,838 3:17 2012-01-01
O Come O Come Emmanuel
O Come O Come Emmanuel
2,548,789 3:39 2011-11-25
Eavesdrop (Alternate Version)
Eavesdrop (Alternate Version)
2,456,532 3:51 2013-11-29
If I Didn't Know Better (Live at Eddie's Attic)
If I Didn't Know Better (Live at Eddie's Attic)
2,352,144 3:31 2009-06-30
I Had Me a Girl (Acoustic)
I Had Me a Girl (Acoustic)
1,963,885 3:36 2013-11-29
Go
Go
1,889,626 2:55 2009-11-15
Pressing Flowers
Pressing Flowers
1,838,430 3:10 2009-11-15
Lily Love
Lily Love
1,470,353 3:01 2012-01-01
Oh Henry (Alternate Version)
Oh Henry (Alternate Version)
1,277,208 3:30 2013-11-29
Dance Me to the End of Love (Live at Eddie's Attic)
Dance Me to the End of Love (Live at Eddie's Attic)
1,273,707 3:13 2009-06-30
From This Valley
From This Valley
1,158,707 3:25 2012-04-24
Goodbye Girl - Acoustic
Goodbye Girl - Acoustic
920,584 3:59 2012-03-05
Poison & Wine (Live at Eddie's Attic)
Poison & Wine (Live at Eddie's Attic)
829,575 4:05 2009-06-30
Falling (Live at Eddie's Attic)
Falling (Live at Eddie's Attic)
719,372 4:08 2009-06-30
20 Years (Live at Eddie's Attic)
20 Years (Live at Eddie's Attic)
716,416 3:22 2009-06-30
Marionette - Demo
Marionette - Demo
672,687 3:01 2012-03-05
My Father's Father (Live at Eddie's Attic)
My Father's Father (Live at Eddie's Attic)
586,932 3:41 2009-06-30
Girl with the Red Balloon (Live at Eddie's Attic)
Girl with the Red Balloon (Live at Eddie's Attic)
538,269 4:05 2009-06-30
If I Didn't Know Better (From the Vault)
If I Didn't Know Better (From the Vault)
529,163 3:04 2025-05-08
Goodbye Girl
Goodbye Girl
492,614 3:59 2012-09-26
Talking In Your Sleep
Talking In Your Sleep
296,896 3:11 2012-11-16
Disarm - Daytrotter
Disarm - Daytrotter
197,271 4:35 2012-11-16
Between The Bars - Live Set
Between The Bars - Live Set
184,530 2:46 2012-11-16
Kingdom Come (Live)
Kingdom Come (Live)
33,995 3:46 2013-01-14
Billie Jean (Live)
Billie Jean (Live)
33,261 4:32 2013-01-14
Poison & Wine (Live)
Poison & Wine (Live)
27,117 3:39 2013-01-14
Barton Hollow (Live)
Barton Hollow (Live)
22,813 3:44 2013-01-14
I've Got This Friend (Live)
I've Got This Friend (Live)
22,456 3:41 2013-01-14
Sour Times (Live)
Sour Times (Live)
21,003 3:16 2013-01-14
20 Years (Live)
20 Years (Live)
16,691 3:10 2013-01-14

New releases

The One That Got Away (The Best of the Civil Wars)
The One That Got Away (The Best of the Civil Wars)
2025-06-12
[Sensibility Recordings]
If I Didn't Know Better (From the Vault)
If I Didn't Know Better (From the Vault)
2025-05-08
[Sensibility Recordings]
Between the Bars
Between the Bars
2014-02-07
[sensibility recordings]
Bare Bones
Bare Bones
2013-11-29
[sensibility recordings]
Bare Bones EP
Bare Bones EP
2013-11-29
[Sensibility Recordings/Columbia Records]
The Civil Wars
The Civil Wars
2013-08-02
[sensibility recordings]
The Civil Wars
The Civil Wars
2013-08-02
[Sensibility Recordings/Columbia Records]
The Civil Wars
The Civil Wars
2013-07-30
[Sensibility Recordings/Columbia Records]
The One That Got Away
The One That Got Away
2013-06-11
[Sensibility Recordings/Columbia Records]
A Place at the Table (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
A Place at the Table (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2013-02-26
[sensibility music LLC]
Vh1 Unplugged
Vh1 Unplugged
2013-01-14
[sensibility recordings]
Poison & Wine
Poison & Wine
2012-11-16
[Columbia]
Barton Hollow
Barton Hollow
2012-03-05
[Columbia]
Barton Hollow
Barton Hollow
2012-01-26
[Columbia]
Between The Bars (EP)
Between The Bars (EP)
2012-01-01
[Sensibility Recordings/Columbia Records]
Tracks in the Snow
Tracks in the Snow
2011-11-25
[sensibility recordings]
Tracks In the Snow
Tracks In the Snow
2011-11-25
[Sensibility Recordings/Columbia Records]
You Are My Sunshine
You Are My Sunshine
2011-03-01
[sensibility recordings]
Barton Hollow
Barton Hollow
2011-02-01
[sensibility recordings]
Poison & Wine
Poison & Wine
2009-11-15
[sensibility recordings]
Poison & Wine
Poison & Wine
2009-11-15
[Sensibility Recordings/Columbia Records]
Live at Eddie's Attic
Live at Eddie's Attic
2009-06-30
[sensibility recordings]