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“The Perfect Pair” by Beabadoobee
From the album Beatopia (2022)
“The Perfect Pair” by Beabadoobee appears on 8 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2022 and 2026. It was first released in 2022 on the album Beatopia. Its best result is #31 on the WERS Top 88 Songs of 2022. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #346 of the '20s.
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"The Perfect Pair" sways in as the fifth track on Beatopia, the second album from Filipino-British songwriter Beabadoobee, out in July 2022, and it sets a bossa nova lilt over breezy, vintage-sounding guitar pop. She wrote it with Jacob Bugden, the two produced it with Iain Berryman, and Ben Baptie mixed it.
Under that easy swing, the lyric is anything but settled: two lovers near the end of the line who can't quite trust each other or work out what they want. Packed into a tune that wraps up in under three minutes, that push and pull caught fire on TikTok, and Dirty Hit sent it to adult alternative radio that September. Pitchfork heard a "shimmying bossa nova" and reached for Corinne Bailey Rae as a comparison.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 45 | KXT Dallas–Fort Worth, TX | KXT Top 91.7 Songs of 2022 | 92 |
| 2022 | 42 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2022 | 90 |
| 2022 | 62 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2022 | 103 |
| 2022 | 31 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2022 | 88 |
| 2023 | 61 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2023 | 91 |
| 2023 | 65 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2023 | 88 |
| 2023 | 37 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2023 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 260 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
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