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“In Cold Blood” by Alt J
From the album Relaxer (2017)
“In Cold Blood” by Alt J appears on 14 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2017 and 2022. It was first released in 2017 on the album Relaxer. Its best result is #25 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #24 alternative song of 2017.
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"In Cold Blood" is the second track on Relaxer, Alt-J's third album, and the second single from it, released digitally in March 2017 on Infectious and Atlantic. Joe Newman, Gus Unger-Hamilton and Thom Sonny Green wrote it, and Charlie Andrew produced it.
The song is older than it sounds: it goes back to the band's earliest days, when they were still students at the University of Leeds. The title nods to Truman Capote's novel, and the arrangement pairs grand and cheap in typical Alt-J fashion, with a brass section recorded at Abbey Road (Mike Kearsey plays trombone) set against a Casiotone the band picked up on eBay for £1.05.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 59 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2017 | 91 |
| 2017 | 37 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017 | 99 |
| 2017 | 65 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2017 | 89 |
| 2017 | 26 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2017 | 104 |
| 2017 | 56 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2017 | 89 |
| 2017 | 36 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 100 Songs of 2017 | 90 |
| 2017 | 139 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2017 | 200 |
| 2017 | 25 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2017 | 88 |
| 2017 | 32 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2017 | 103 |
| 2017 | 72 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 424 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2019 | 305 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 305 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2022 | 723 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
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