Album · Tame Impala
Currents by Tame Impala
Currents is an album by Tame Impala, released in 2015. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 59 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Let It Happen”, on 30 lists with a best position of #5.
Currents, the third Tame Impala album, came out on 17 July 2015, on Interscope in the US, and it's Kevin Parker trading his psychedelic guitar haze for synthesizers and a dance-floor pulse. As before, Parker wrote, recorded, performed and produced everything himself, but this time he also mixed it and played every instrument, mostly at his home studio in Fremantle, fussing over details until the release slipped by two months. He wanted to hear his music in clubs, and you can tell: the grooves are slinky, the bass is fat and the guitars have mostly left the room.
The songs are about changing into someone new, which plenty of critics heard as a breakup record. "Let It Happen" sprawls and stutters, and "The Less I Know the Better" rides a strutting, irresistible bass line. It topped the Australian chart, won the ARIA awards for Album of the Year and Best Rock Album, and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Currents on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let It Happen | 30 | #5 | – | 2015–2026 | |
| 2 | The Less I Know the Better | 23 | #1 | 1 | 2015–2026 | |
| 3 | Eventually | 4 | #34 | – | 2015–2024 | |
| 4 | 'Cause I'm a Man | 2 | #58 | – | 2015 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.