Song · Cold War Kids
“Skip the Charades” by Cold War Kids
From the album Mine Is Yours (2011)
“Skip the Charades” by Cold War Kids appears on 8 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2011 and 2014. It was first released in 2011 on the album Mine Is Yours. Its best result is #39 on the CD101 Top 102 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #110 alternative song of 2011 and #6,873 alternative song of all time.
Watch
Video from YouTube (William Sakhnini). Pressing play loads YouTube's player. Watch on YouTube
"Skip the Charades" was one of four singles pulled from Mine Is Yours, the third Cold War Kids album, which Downtown Records released on January 25, 2011. Jacquire King produced it, recorded it and mixed it too.
King was the man credited with taking Kings of Leon into the mainstream, and this album went the same way. After Loyalty to Loyalty, Behave Yourself and two years on the road, the band spent three months working up new material in Nashville and California, trading the dark, blues-tinged folk tales of their earlier records for a bigger, more mainstream sound and songs about personal relationships. The change split the critics, but the album opened at 21 on the Billboard 200. It was also Jonnie Russell's last album on lead guitar before personal reasons took him out of the band.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 46 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2011 | 101 |
| 2011 | 39 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102 Songs of 2011 | 102 |
| 2011 | 54 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2011 | 103 |
| 2011 | 64 | 89.9 WLCA St. Louis, MO | WLCA Top 89 of 2011 | 89 |
| 2011 | 62 | WBRU Providence, RI | WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2011 | 96 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1862 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1921 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1983 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
Also listed as: Skip The Charades.
Comments
Log in or create a free account to join the conversation about "Skip the Charades" by Cold War Kids.
No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.