Album · The xx
I See You by The xx
I See You is an album by The xx, released in 2017. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 37 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “On Hold”, on 19 lists with a best position of #8.
I See You, the xx's third album, arrived on Young Turks in 2017, more than four years after Coexist, and it's the sound of a band known for minimalism finally opening the windows. Recording started in 2014 at Marfa Recording Co. in Marfa, Texas, with Rodaidh McDonald helping Jamie xx at the controls, and Jamie's club-minded solo album In Colour hangs over the whole thing: bigger beats, brighter colours, grooves that actually want you to move.
Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim still trade their hushed, intimate vocals, the dual-voice setup that has always been the band's signature, but the rooms around them have grown. "On Hold", the first single, is the giveaway, and "Say Something Loving" and "I Dare You" push even further toward the light. Critics heard a band far less closed-in than before, and it became their second number-one album in Britain.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from I See You on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On Hold | 19 | #8 | – | 2016–2025 | |
| 2 | I Dare You | 13 | #24 | – | 2017–2026 | |
| 3 | Say Something Loving | 5 | #55 | – | 2017–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.