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Laurel Hell by Mitski
Laurel Hell is an album by Mitski, released in 2022. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 24 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Love Me More”, on 9 lists with a best position of #7.
Laurel Hell, Mitski's sixth album, came out on Dead Oceans on February 4, 2022, the follow-up to Be the Cowboy. Patrick Hyland produced, and the sound is a sharp swerve into glossy synth-pop and electronic rock, with dance-floor pulse wrapped around songs that still cut deep. The title, she explained, is an old folk phrase for getting trapped in the laurel thickets of the southern Appalachians, and the whole record feels like that: bright on the surface, tangled underneath.
"Working for the Knife" and "The Only Heartbreaker" led the way, "Heat Lightning" and "Love Me More" followed, and critics loved the writing and the production. It went top ten in the US, Britain, Ireland and Australia, her highest showing in all four, sold more copies than any other album in America in its first week and gave Dead Oceans its first Billboard 200 top ten.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Laurel Hell on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Love Me More | 9 | #7 | – | 2022–2025 | |
| 2 | The Only Heartbreaker | 8 | #14 | – | 2021–2025 | |
| 3 | Should've Been Me | 7 | #8 | – | 2022–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.