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“In One Ear” by Cage The Elephant

From the album Cage the Elephant (2008)

“In One Ear” by Cage The Elephant appears on 24 radio countdowns from 22 stations between 2010 and 2019. It was first released in 2008 on the album Cage the Elephant. Its best result is #1 on the 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #8 alternative song of 2010, #7,715 alternative song of all time and #32 of the '10s.

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"In One Ear" comes off Cage the Elephant's self-titled 2008 debut, and it got two lives: out first as the album's second single in March 2008, then pushed again later as its fifth. The second time stuck. In August 2010 the reissue went to number one on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, the band's second trip to the top there, and it climbed to number 3 on the Rock Songs chart too.

All six members share the writing credit, and it sounds like it: a scrappy, sneering garage stomp with a grin on its face, loose-limbed and loud. The single's B-side carried an acoustic take on "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" cut for Radio 1's Live Lounge. There were three videos in all, the last one directed by Isaac Rentz and shot in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2010 18 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2010 91
2010 5 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 64 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 23 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2010 89
2010 37 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 31 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2010 102
2010 10 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2010 99
2010 12 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2010 103
2010 12 89.7 The River Omaha, NE / Council Bluffs, IA 89.7 The River Top 89 of 2010 89
2010 1 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2010 105
2010 56 90.5 WERG Erie, PA WERG Top 90 of 2010 90
2010 40 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2010 102
2010 4 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2010 99
2010 13 Channel 92.3 San Jose / San Francisco Bay Area, CA Channel 92.3 Top 92 Songs of 2010 92
2010 15 FM 102/1 Milwaukee, WI FM 102/1 Top 50 of 2010 50
2010 22 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 Slugtunez of 2010 94
2010 15 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2010 103
2010 9 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2010 91
2010 6 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME WCYY Top 50 of 2010 50
2010 14 KFMA Tucson, AZ KFMA Top 50 Songs of 2010 50
2010 11 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2010 50
2010 19 WBRU Providence, RI WBRU Top 95 Songs of 2010 95

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2010 2000 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2019 84 102.7 WEQX WEQX Top 102.7 of the 2010's Decade 103

Also listed as: In One Eart.

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