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“Ready to Let Go” by Cage The Elephant

From the EP Goodbye (2019)

“Ready to Let Go” by Cage The Elephant appears on 23 radio countdowns from 19 stations between 2019 and 2026. It was first released in 2019 on the EP Goodbye. Its best result is #1 on the WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2019. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #3 alternative song of 2019 and #205 of the '10s.

23countdowns
19stations
#1best position
1#1 finishes
7top 10 finishes
2019–2026years charted

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"Ready to Let Go" opened the Social Cues chapter for Cage the Elephant in 2019, the lead single from the band's fifth album, and it's a breakup song with volcanic ash on its boots. Matt Shultz wrote it after a trip to Pompeii with his then-wife, when he realized their relationship was coming apart, and the ruins hang over the whole thing like a bad omen.

John Hill produced, with extra production from Rob Cohen, and Tom Elmhirst mixed. Daniel Tichenor's chugging bass line and Jared Champion's drums keep it rolling, while Brad Shultz and Nick Bockrath's distorted guitars coil around a hypnotic hook. It went to number five on Billboard's alternative chart, and Shultz directed the video himself, stuffing it with horror-movie imagery.

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

Year#StationCountdownof
2019 2 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2019 91
2019 20 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 50 Songs of 2019 50
2019 11 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2019 51
2019 2 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2019 104
2019 12 WTMD Baltimore, MD WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2019 89
2019 133 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2019 200
2019 1 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2019 107
2019 10 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2019 88
2019 7 WXPN Philadelphia, PA WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2019 100
2019 66 The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN The Current Top 89 Songs of 2019 89
2019 10 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2019 103
2019 9 WERS 88.9 Boston, MA WERS Top 88 Songs of 2019 88
2019 16 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2019 50
2020 74 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2020 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2019 62 103.3 The Edge 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade 103
2019 78 93X 93X Top 93 Songs of the Decade (2010s) 93
2019 83 ALT 98.7 ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade 98
2019 115 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2019 115 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2020 20 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s 102
2022 137 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time 1055
2024 630 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055
2026 395 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound 1055

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