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Never Let Me Go by Placebo
Never Let Me Go is an album by Placebo, released in 2022. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Beautiful James”, on 2 lists with a best position of #2.
Never Let Me Go, Placebo's eighth studio album, arrived on 25 March 2022, more than eight years after Loud Like Love, and it's the first they made as a duo: Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal, the two constants since the band formed in London in 1994, carrying on without a full-time drummer after Steve Forrest's exit in 2015. They recorded it between 2019 and 2021.
It's still unmistakably Placebo, Molko's distinctive voice slicing through dark, glossy alt-rock. "Beautiful James" came out first, back in September 2021, with "Surrounded by Spies", "Try Better Next Time" and "Happy Birthday in the Sky" following it. The fans had clearly been waiting: the album topped the UK Indie Chart and the album charts in Austria, the Netherlands and Germany, and reached number three in the UK.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Never Let Me Go on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beautiful James | 2 | #2 | – | 2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.