Song · Alabama Shakes
“Hang Loose” by Alabama Shakes
From the album Boys & Girls (2012)
“Hang Loose” by Alabama Shakes appears on 11 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2012 and 2025. It was first released in 2012 on the album Boys & Girls. Its best result is #16 on the WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2013. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #86 indie & aaa song of 2012 and #2,007 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Hang Loose" turns up on Boys & Girls, the debut album Alabama Shakes released through ATO Records in April 2012, and it's a homegrown job: the band produced it themselves, and the writing is credited to Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg, Zac Cockrell and Steve Johnson. Micah Hulscher adds piano and organ, and Andrija Tokic engineered the track and shared the mix with the band.
The record around it welds blues to rock 'n' roll, with its roots sunk in Southern soul and a streak of hard rock and punk running through it, a raw, sweaty sound for a band just getting started.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 79 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2012 | 89 |
| 2012 | 32 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2012 | 200 |
| 2012 | 67 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2012 | 89 |
| 2013 | 16 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2013 | 107 |
| 2013 | 39 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2013 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 253 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2016 | 252 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2018 | 414 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2024 | 574 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 292 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 497 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
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