Song · Bloc Party
“Positive Tension” by Bloc Party
From the album Silent Alarm (2004)
“Positive Tension” by Bloc Party appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2005. It was first released in 2004 on the album Silent Alarm. Its best result is #45 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #505 alternative song of 2005.
"Positive Tension" comes from Silent Alarm, the debut album by English band Bloc Party, and it went out as a double A-side with "So Here We Are", a pairing that climbed to five in the UK and stood as their highest-charting single up to then. Oddly enough, the British seven-inch left it off, with "The Marshals Are Dead" taking its place.
Paul Epworth produced it with the band, Eliot James recorded it and added production of his own, Joe Hirst assisted on the engineering and Rich Costey mixed. The writing credit is split four ways, among Kele Okereke, Russell Lissack, Gordon Moakes and Matt Tong, with Okereke singing lead, and the title reads like a fair summary of a band that sounds wound tight and ready to snap.
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 | 45 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005 | 100 |
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