Song · Adele
“Skyfall” by Adele
Released 2012
“Skyfall” by Adele appears on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2012 and 2020. It was first released in 2012. Its best result is #1 on the KFOG Foghead Favorites 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #25 indie & aaa song of 2012, #7,441 indie & aaa song of all time and #426 of the '10s.
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Adele's 2012 theme "Skyfall" was written for the James Bond film of the same name, and she didn't sign on lightly: Eon Productions came calling in early 2011, and she said yes only after reading the script. She and producer Paul Epworth wrote it together with the whole Bond lineage in mind, going for dark, brooding words that trace the film's plot, and J. A. C. Redford dressed it in orchestration. Epworth also plays percussion, with James Reid on guitar and Leo Taylor on drums.
It came out on 5 October 2012, Global James Bond Day, marking 50 years since Dr. No. Then it swept the board: an Academy Award for Best Original Song, a Golden Globe, a Brit, a Critics' Choice award and a Grammy, the first Bond theme to take that whole set. She sang it live for the first time at the Oscars ceremony.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 | KFOG San Francisco Bay Area, CA | KFOG Foghead Favorites 2012 | 40 |
| 2012 | 45 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2012 | 107 |
| 2012 | 86 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2012 | 200 |
| 2012 | 36 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2012 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 231 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2020 | 1729 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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