Song · Custard
“Apartment” by Custard
From the album Wisenheimer (1995)
“Apartment” by Custard appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1995. It was first released in 1995 on the album Wisenheimer. Its best result is #7 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #121 alternative song of 1995.
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"Apartment" was the first single from Wisenheimer, Custard's third album, in 1995, and for all its bounce it's a song about going deaf. David McCormack explained that it's about the ringing in your ears after too much loud music, and he pictured the inside of your head painted red. He called it the most obvious song he'd ever written, and not a very happy one.
It started at a soundcheck at Melbourne's Public Bar in 1994, when McCormack, scrambling for something to play, pulled out a guitar riff that reminded him of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Heard It Through the Grapevine", and the band had the verse inside minutes. The words only arrived in the studio, where producer Eric Drew Feldman coaxed them out line by line. It went to number 7 in that year's Hottest 100.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 7 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995 | 100 |
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