Song · Cage The Elephant
“Aberdeen” by Cage The Elephant
From the album Thank You, Happy Birthday (2011)
“Aberdeen” by Cage The Elephant appears on 20 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 2011 and 2014. It was first released in 2011 on the album Thank You, Happy Birthday. Its best result is #7 on the WLCA Top 89 of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #40 alternative song of 2011, #7,475 alternative song of all time and #141 of the '10s.
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"Aberdeen" was the third single from Thank You, Happy Birthday, Cage the Elephant's second album, released on Jive in 2011 with Jay Joyce producing. It started life under the name "Maybelline" and only became "Aberdeen" after singer Matt Shultz caught himself singing the city's name over and over while the band rehearsed in Aberdeen, Scotland. Five names share the writing credit: Matt and Brad Shultz, Lincoln Parish, Jared Champion and Daniel Tichenor.
The video is claymation with a dark punchline: a clumsy, lonely, dragon-like monster wanders into a busy city at night looking for friends, accidentally leaves three people and a dog dead in his wake, and is finally brought down by the military.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1966 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1985 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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