Song · Caroline Polachek
“Welcome to my Island” by Caroline Polachek
From the album Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (2023)
“Welcome to my Island” by Caroline Polachek appears on 6 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2023 and 2024. It was first released in 2023 on the album Desire, I Want to Turn Into You. Its best result is #6 on the Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2023. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #560 alternative song of 2023.
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"Welcome to My Island" throws open Caroline Polachek's fourth album, Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, and it had been cooking a long time: she started it during the sessions for her 2019 album Pang and, by her account, dragged it through countless versions like a puzzle she couldn't put down. Polachek produced it with Danny L Harle, Daniel Nigro and Jim-E Stack, and wrote it with Nigro and Stack; it became the fourth single from the record.
What came out is a full-tilt tantrum, the brattiest thing she'd ever made by her own estimate, a song that finally lets her rip into conflict and frustration and sets up the tug between catharsis and repression that runs through the album. She dedicated it to "the headless angels", a nod back to "Billions", and the cover art tips its hat to Isabelle Adjani in Żuławski's 1981 film Possession.
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 | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 50 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2023 | 89 |
| 2023 | 29 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2023 | 90 |
| 2023 | 6 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2023 | 98 |
| 2023 | 85 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2023 | 103 |
| 2023 | 29 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2023 | 88 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 173 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
Also listed as: Welcome To My Island; Welcome to My Island.
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