Song · Beabadoobee
“The Way Things Go” by Beabadoobee
Released 2023
“The Way Things Go” by Beabadoobee appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2023. It was first released in 2023. Its best result is #75 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2023. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #430 indie & aaa song of 2023.
Beabadoobee had been road-testing "The Way Things Go" on her European tour for months before Dirty Hit put it out as a stand-alone single in July 2023. Even the release took a detour: announced on 4 July, with 18 July named as the date a week later, it actually landed a day late, on 19 July.
The Filipino-English singer wrote it herself and made it with producer Jacob Budgen, and it drifts between melodic indie rock and alt-pop with a thread of indie folk running through it. It has been called airy and twinkling with a little sass, but underneath the shimmer sits a breakup song about how words run out just when you need them most.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 75 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2023 | 90 |
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