Song · CHVRCHES
“Leave a Trace” by CHVRCHES
From the album Every Open Eye (2015)
“Leave a Trace” by CHVRCHES appears on 9 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2015 and 2025. It was first released in 2015 on the album Every Open Eye. Its best result is #20 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #34 alternative song of 2015.
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"Leave a Trace" was the Scottish synth-pop band CHVRCHES' opening shot for Every Open Eye, their second album, landing as its first official single in July 2015 on Virgin and Goodbye. Iain Cook, Martin Doherty and Lauren Mayberry wrote it together, the band produced it themselves, David Robert Simpson recorded it and Mark "Spike" Stent mixed.
Mayberry described it to Pitchfork as a mic-drop with a raised middle finger: a song for the moment you realize there's nothing left to argue about with an ex, because no answer is going to fix anything. She has said she channels that kind of thing into lyrics rather than onto people. The synths glitter and pulse, the beat pushes forward, and her voice cuts through it all with a clean, cool kind of fury.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 20 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 25 Songs of 2015 | 25 |
| 2015 | 62 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
| 2015 | 38 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2015 | 103 |
| 2015 | 71 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2015 | 88 |
| 2015 | 34 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2015 | 103 |
| 2015 | 20 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
| 2015 | 32 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2015 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 460 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 636 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
Also listed as: Leave A Trace.
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