Song · Belle & Sebastian
“Stay Loose” by Belle & Sebastian
From the album Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
“Stay Loose” by Belle & Sebastian appears on 9 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2003 and 2014. It was first released in 2003 on the album Dear Catastrophe Waitress. Its best result is #43 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #597 alternative song of 2004 and #3,720 alternative song of all time.
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"Stay Loose" comes from Dear Catastrophe Waitress, the sixth studio album by Scottish indie-pop outfit Belle & Sebastian, released on Rough Trade in 2003 with Trevor Horn producing. On paper it was a strange match: Horn was the studio wizard known for remaking music with electronic gear, and the Guardian had filed the band among the last true believers in arts-and-crafts indie. But Horn was a fan who loved the lyrics, the band invited him in, and the sessions ran old-school: long rehearsals, then live takes instead of stacks of overdubs.
Seven names share the writing credit on "Stay Loose": Stuart Murdoch, Stevie Jackson, Sarah Martin, Chris Geddes, Mick Cooke, Bobby Kildea and Richard Colburn. Julian Mendelsohn recorded it, and it went to radio in February 2004, a few months after the album landed.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 43 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2003 | 50 |
| 2004 | 74 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1578 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1654 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1530 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1561 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1628 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1695 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1773 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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