Song · Birds of Tokyo
“Anchor” by Birds of Tokyo
Released 2015
“Anchor” by Birds of Tokyo appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2015. It was first released in 2015. Its best result is #72 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #369 alternative song of 2015.
Birds of Tokyo's "Anchor" is the title track of the Australian alt-rock band's 2015 EP, released through EMI, and it's a road song with a guilty conscience. Singer Ian Kenny has said the band wrote it overseas, deep in a touring stretch, and that it's about what long absences do to the people back home: you drift out of touch, you miss how friends and family are really coping, and some of what you miss is good and some isn't. He called it a tribute to the times they didn't notice.
The writing credit is shared five ways, between Kenny, Adam Spark, Glenn Sarangapany, Ian Berney and Adam Weston, which suits a song about the people who hold you in place.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 72 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2015 | 100 |
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