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“Come A Little Closer” by Cage The Elephant
From the album Melophobia (2013)
“Come A Little Closer” by Cage The Elephant appears on 34 radio countdowns from 22 stations between 2013 and 2026. It was first released in 2013 on the album Melophobia. Its best result is #4 on the WCYY Top 50 CYY Songs of 2014. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #14 alternative song of 2013, #2,043 alternative song of all time and #78 of the '10s.
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Cage the Elephant opened the Melophobia chapter in 2013 with "Come A Little Closer", the lead single from their third album, and it's the band at its most hypnotic. The spark came in a São Paulo hotel: Matt Shultz woke before dawn, opened the window and watched the sun come up over the favelas, a hillside of makeshift homes that looked to him like an anthill. He started wondering about the lives behind every wall, the heartbreak and love, loss and joy, and the song keeps pulling you in for a closer look.
Jay Joyce produced and recorded it and Tom Elmhirst mixed it, and the sound is a slow, woozy sway that swells into a big, bruised chorus, with Shultz's voice fraying at the edges. It went all the way to the top of Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, the band's fourth number one there.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1961 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2014 | 447 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) | 500 |
| 2015 | 234 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) | 500 |
| 2019 | 44 | 93X | 93X Top 93 Songs of the Decade (2010s) | 93 |
| 2019 | 40 | ALT 98.7 | ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade | 98 |
| 2019 | 36 | 103.3 The Edge | 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade | 103 |
| 2019 | 180 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2020 | 80 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 107 Songs of Last Decade (2010s) | 107 |
| 2020 | 25 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade | 99 |
| 2020 | 215 | DC101 | The DC101 Top 500 | 500 |
| 2022 | 22 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2023 | 187 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
| 2024 | 288 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2025 | 426 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2026 | 42 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
Also listed as: Come a Little Closer.
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