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“Dominos” by Big Pink
From the album A Brief History of Love (2009)
“Dominos” by Big Pink appears on 17 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2009 and 2025. It was first released in 2009 on the album A Brief History of Love. Its best result is #7 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #194 alternative song of 2009 and #3,782 alternative song of all time.
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"Dominos" was the first single from A Brief History of Love, the Big Pink's 2009 debut, and it came out on 4AD in September, a week ahead of the album. Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell wrote it, the band co-produced it with Paul Epworth, and Rich Costey mixed it, and the result is a fuzzed-out, stomping singalong with a chorus about as subtle as a brick through a window. Akiko Matsuura hammers the drums, and Valentine Fillol-Cordier adds backing vocals.
It climbed to 27 in the UK and 10 in Ireland, with Florence Welch guesting on the B-side, "She's No Sense". Pitchfork placed it at 18 among the best tracks of 2009, it took Best Track at the NME Awards in 2010, and Nicki Minaj later leaned heavily on it for "Girls Fall Like Dominoes".
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 28 | Impact 89FM Lansing, MI | Impact 89FM Top 89 of 2009 | 89 |
| 2009 | 7 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2009 | 89 |
| 2009 | 81 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2009 | 103 |
| 2009 | 44 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 104 Songs of 2009 | 104 |
| 2009 | 80 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2009 | 89 |
| 2009 | 77 | WBRU Providence, RI | WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2009 | 96 |
| 2010 | 13 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 | 101 |
| 2010 | 43 | Channel 92.3 San Jose / San Francisco Bay Area, CA | Channel 92.3 Top 92 Songs of 2010 | 92 |
| 2010 | 64 | 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY | 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2010 | 91 |
| 2010 | 37 | WBRU Providence, RI | WBRU Top 95 Songs of 2010 | 95 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1509 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1306 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1346 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1345 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2022 | 360 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2025 | 492 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 381 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
Also listed as: Dominoes.
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