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“Like Eating Glass” by Bloc Party
From the album Silent Alarm (2004)
“Like Eating Glass” by Bloc Party appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2005 and 2024. It was first released in 2004 on the album Silent Alarm. Its best result is #88 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #765 alternative song of 2005.
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"Like Eating Glass" is the first thing you hear on Silent Alarm, Bloc Party's debut album, and it has stayed one of the fan favorites ever since. Kele Okereke sings it, the writing credit goes to Okereke, Russell Lissack, Gordon Moakes and Matt Tong, and Paul Epworth produced it with the band, with Eliot James recording and adding production and Rich Costey mixing. The words are early Bloc Party to the core: poetic, slippery, circling that dizzy, lost feeling of a relationship coming apart.
It kept moving after the album. Ladytron remixed it for Silent Alarm Remixed, a Black Strobe remix surfaced on an Oxfam split single shared with the Futureheads, and it landed on the soundtrack of Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 88 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 150 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
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