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“Brazil” by Declan McKenna

From the EP Stains (2016)

“Brazil” by Declan McKenna appears on 18 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 2016 and 2026. It was first released in 2016 on the EP Stains. Its best result is #2 on the CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2016. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #32 alternative song of 2016 and #496 of the '10s.

18countdowns
17stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
2top 10 finishes
2016–2026years charted

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"Brazil" was Declan McKenna's debut single, released in December 2015, and it's a protest song with a pop grin: a bouncing, sing-along tune wrapped around the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the grinding poverty in Brazil and the corruption swirling around Sepp Blatter and his fellow FIFA officials. McKenna wrote it; Max Marlow produced, mixed and played drums on it. It turned up on the Stains EP and led the way into his debut album, What Do You Think About the Car?

The song was its own talent scout. Once McKenna posted it to Bandcamp, roughly 40 managers caught wind of it and turned up at his next gig hoping to sign him. It found a second wind years later when it went viral on TikTok in May 2022, pushing it to new chart peaks in the UK and Ireland.

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#StationCountdownof
2016 69 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2016 91
2016 2 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2016 103
2016 61 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2016 99
2016 29 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2016 50
2016 58 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2016 107
2016 64 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2016 101
2016 7 SiriusXM Alt Nation National (SiriusXM satellite radio) SiriusXM Alt Nation's 36 Biggest Alternative Songs of 2016 36
2016 48 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2016 50
2016 72 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2016 88
2016 70 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2016 103
2016 81 WFUV New York, NY WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2016 90
2016 28 WERS 88.9 Boston, MA WERS Top 88 Songs of 2016 88
2016 38 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2016 104

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2023 639 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places 800
2024 631 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055
2025 658 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909
2025 618 The Current 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now 893
2026 436 KXT KXT 917 Song Countdown 917

Charting alongside it in 2016

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  3. 3Dark NecessitiesRed Hot Chili Peppers
  4. 4WowBeck
  5. 5Good GriefBastille
  6. 6Casual PartyBand of Horses

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