Song · Billie Eilish
“You Should See Me In A Crown” by Billie Eilish
From the album WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? (2019)
“You Should See Me In A Crown” by Billie Eilish appears on 10 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2018 and 2025. It was first released in 2019 on the album WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?. Its best result is #1 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #7 alternative song of 2018 and #344 of the '10s.
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Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O'Connell built "You Should See Me in a Crown" out of a TV villain's boast: the title comes from Jim Moriarty in "The Reichenbach Fall", an episode of the BBC's Sherlock, and the siblings, both fans, liked the line enough to write a whole song around it. It arrived in July 2018 as the lead single for her debut album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, which followed in 2019.
Finneas produced, arranged and recorded it and played the synths and bass himself, with Rob Kinelski mixing, and Sevdaliza's "Human" gets named as a touchstone. The result is all menace and low end, a whispered threat riding a bass that sounds like it's chewing through the floor. A 7-inch with "Bitches Broken Hearts" on the flip was sold only at her 1 By 1 Tour shows.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 26 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2018 | 91 |
| 2018 | 58 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2018 | 99 |
| 2018 | 1 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2018 | 83 |
| 2018 | 46 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2018 | 103 |
| 2018 | 36 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2018 | 50 |
| 2018 | 13 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2018 | 89 |
| 2018 | 46 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2018 | 100 |
| 2019 | 38 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2019 | 91 |
| 2019 | 82 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2019 | 88 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
Also listed as: you should see me in a crown; You Should See Me in a Crown.
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