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“Frail State of Mind” by 1975
From the album Notes on a Conditional Form (2020)
“Frail State of Mind” by 1975 appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2019. It was first released in 2020 on the album Notes on a Conditional Form. Its best result is #63 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 2019. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #279 alternative song of 2019.
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The 1975 put out "Frail State of Mind" on 24 October 2019 through Dirty Hit and Polydor, the second taste of their fourth album, Notes on a Conditional Form, after "People", and it flickers rather than roars: a UK garage and electronica ballad riding a brisk dubstep beat and a heavy, shuffling drum line, with synths tumbling down and vocal melodies chopped to bits. Matty Healy and George Daniel produced it. Healy's lyric circles his social anxiety: depression, fear, insecurity, the pull to shut people out.
Critics warmed to it, hearing echoes of "TooTimeTooTimeTooTime" and "I Like America & America Likes Me" from the band's previous album, and it reached 17 on Billboard's Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. The video, out less than a month later, cuts lo-fi shots of Healy in a cluttered room with a computer-generated face, digital images and the lyrics.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 63 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2019 | 91 |
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