Song · Billie Eilish
“Therefore I Am” by Billie Eilish
From the album Happier Than Ever (2021)
“Therefore I Am” by Billie Eilish appears on 11 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2020 and 2021. It was first released in 2021 on the album Happier Than Ever. Its best result is #10 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2020. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #63 alternative song of 2020 and #100 of the '20s.
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"Therefore I Am" arrived in November 2020 through Darkroom and Interscope as the second single from Billie Eilish's second album, Happier Than Ever, which followed in 2021. She wrote it with Finneas O'Connell, who produced and recorded it, and Rob Kinelski mixed. It's a fast, slinky slice of dark electropop with a hip-hop strut, and plenty of critics heard an echo of "Bad Guy" in it.
It stopped at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, stuck behind "Mood", and gave her a fourth American top-10 hit. Eilish directed the video herself, shooting in the Glendale Galleria while the pandemic had it shut to shoppers, and she wanders the empty mall helping herself to snacks from the food stalls.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 85 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2020 | 91 |
| 2020 | 54 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2020 | 103 |
| 2020 | 67 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2020 | 88 |
| 2020 | 61 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2020 | 89 |
| 2020 | 55 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2020 | 104 |
| 2020 | 10 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2020 | 100 |
| 2021 | 14 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2021 | 88 |
| 2021 | 14 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | ALT 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2021 | 51 |
| 2021 | 44 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2021 | 89 |
| 2021 | 102 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2021 | 104 |
| 2021 | 87 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2021 | 90 |
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