Song · Caroline Polachek
“Dang” by Caroline Polachek
Released 2023
“Dang” by Caroline Polachek appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2023 and 2025. It was first released in 2023. Its best result is #102 on the Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2023. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #499 indie & aaa song of 2023 and #6,813 indie & aaa song of all time.
Caroline Polachek cut "Dang" during the sessions for Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, her second album under her own name, and it surfaced in October 2023 as the lead single from that record's Everasking Edition. She wrote and produced it with Danny L Harle and Cecile Believe, and A. G. Cook slipped it into one of his DJ sets that spring.
This is hyperpop at its most gleefully absurd: a clanking, regimented beat, cascading violins, deadpan vocals cut with screams, and a lyric that tumbles through nonsense imagery, Mary Poppins and spilt milk included. The samples are the punchline: audio from the viral 2020 clip of Polachek screaming at geese in Hyde Park, which the cover art answers by painting her right arm like a mute swan, and the giggle of Harle's baby daughter, lifted from "Bunny Is a Rider".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 102 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2023 | 98 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 681 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
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