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Seventeen Going Under by Sam Fender
Seventeen Going Under is an album by Sam Fender, released in 2021. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 21 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Seventeen Going Under”, on 14 lists and voted number one once.
Seventeen Going Under, Sam Fender's second album, came out on Polydor on 8 October 2021, and it's the North Shields songwriter turning the lens on where he came from. The songs dig into his upbringing and what it made of him, swinging between a shrugging, outward nihilism and some hard looking inward.
Musically it's the familiar Fender blend of American heartland rock and a British rock backbone, with his high tenor and Geordie vowels carrying the weight. The title track, "Aye", "Get You Down" and "Spit of You" all went out as singles before the album dropped, and the title song turned into a genuine smash. The critics swooned, it went to number one in the UK, and it drew nominations for the Mercury Prize and for British Album of the Year at the Brits. People Watching came next.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Seventeen Going Under on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seventeen Going Under | 14 | #1 | 1 | 2021–2026 | |
| 2 | Spit Of You | 6 | #18 | – | 2022–2026 | |
| 3 | Get You Down | 1 | #62 | – | 2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.