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Fantasies by Metric
Fantasies is an album by Metric, released in 2009. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 56 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Help, Im Alive”, on 31 lists with a best position of #2.
Fantasies, Metric's fourth album, came out on April 7, 2009, with Gavin Brown producing, and it's the Toronto band tuning their indie rock for bigger rooms. The lineup is the one that stuck: Emily Haines on vocals and synths, James Shaw on guitar, Joshua Winstead on bass and Joules Scott-Key on drums.
Haines sings with a cool, glinting bite over glassy synths and chugging guitars, and the hooks come thick. "Help, I'm Alive" pounds like a nervous heartbeat, "Gold, Guns, Girls" sneers and struts, and "Sick Muse" and "Stadium Love" keep the pulse racing. It topped Billboard's Heatseekers chart in the States and reached No. 6 at home, made the 2009 Polaris Music Prize shortlist, and won Alternative Album of the Year at the 2010 Junos.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Fantasies on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Help, Im Alive | 31 | #2 | – | 2009–2025 | |
| 2 | Gold, Guns, Girls | 23 | #6 | – | 2009–2024 | |
| 3 | Stadium Love | 1 | #32 | – | 2010 | |
| 4 | Sick Muse | 1 | #42 | – | 2009 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.