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“Shark Smile” by Big Thief
From the album Capacity (2017)
“Shark Smile” by Big Thief appears on 8 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2017 and 2026. It was first released in 2017 on the album Capacity. Its best result is #13 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #92 indie & aaa song of 2017 and #1,334 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Shark Smile" comes from Capacity, Big Thief's 2017 album, and it's an Adrianne Lenker song through and through: she wrote it, sings the lead, stacks her own backing vocals behind it and plays both acoustic and electric guitar. Buck Meek adds a second electric part, and James Krivchenia handles drums and percussion, giving Lenker's guitars something to lean against.
Andrew Sarlo produced, engineered and mixed it, keeping the whole sound in one pair of hands. It has stuck around, too, still turning up on countdowns nearly a decade after release.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 13 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2017 | 90 |
| 2017 | 54 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 100 Songs of 2017 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 49 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2023 | 662 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 1036 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2026 | 1084 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
| 2026 | 277 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
| 2026 | 48 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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