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Mosquito by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Mosquito is an album by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, released in 2013. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 9 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Sacrilege”, on 9 lists with a best position of #30.
Mosquito, the fourth Yeah Yeah Yeahs album, buzzed out of Interscope in April 2013 with James Murphy producing and a deliberately grubby sound. Karen O called it "extremely lo-fi", and she meant it: cheap drum machine, cheap sampled keys, her vocals drenched in delay. It's a scuffed-up, restless thing, and all the better for it.
"Sacrilege", the lead single out that February, is the knockout, Karen O's howl climbing higher and higher while Nick Zinner's guitar and Brian Chase's drums pile on the pressure. "Despair" followed as the second single that July. Reviews were lukewarm, but the fans showed up anyway and pushed the album to number five on the Billboard 200.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Mosquito on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sacrilege | 9 | #30 | – | 2013–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.