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“Wow” by Beck

Released 2016

“Wow” by Beck appears on 24 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 2016 and 2025. It was first released in 2016. Its best result is #1 on the CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2016, and it was voted number one on two countdowns in total. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #9 alternative song of 2016 and #167 of the '10s.

24countdowns
18stations
#1best position
2#1 finishes
6top 10 finishes
2016–2025years charted

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"Wow" surfaced in 2016, well before Beck's thirteenth album Colors arrived in 2017 with the song as its second single, and it's Beck at his most playful. He wrote and produced it with Cole M.G.N., and Serban Ghenea mixed it into a woozy, slow-rolling groove with hip-hop bones and a head-spinning, laid-back swagger.

The rap angle was real: Beck said they had tried to get Chance the Rapper on the track, and a version with Lil Yachty was recorded too. Billboard ranked it 60th among the best pop songs of 2016, and it soundtracked an Acura commercial that fall.

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#StationCountdownof
2016 12 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2016 91
2016 18 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 25 Songs of 2016 26
2016 1 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2016 103
2016 14 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2016 99
2016 2 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2016 117
2016 1 WFUV New York, NY WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2016 90
2016 3 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2016 103
2016 13 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2016 104
2016 6 96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2016 96
2016 21 WTMD Baltimore, MD WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2016 89
2016 28 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO 90.9 The Bridge Top 100 Songs of 2016 90
2016 45 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2016 50
2016 2 The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN The Current Top 89 Songs of 2016 89
2016 29 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2016 107

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2019 31 103.3 The Edge 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade 103
2019 45 102.7 WEQX WEQX Top 102.7 of the 2010's Decade 103
2019 148 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2019 148 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2019 340 KEXP KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time 627
2022 829 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time 1055
2025 383 The Current 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now 893
2025 548 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909
2025 541 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) 714
2025 112 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800

Also listed as: WOW.

Charting alongside it in 2016

Best songs of 2016 →
  1. 1OpheliaLumineers
  2. 2All We Ever KnewThe Head and the Heart
  3. 3Dark NecessitiesRed Hot Chili Peppers
  4. 5Good GriefBastille
  5. 6Casual PartyBand of Horses
  6. 7Waste a MomentKings of Leon

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