Song · Elbow
“Lippy Kids” by Elbow
From the album Build a Rocket Boys! (2011)
“Lippy Kids” by Elbow appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2011 and 2026. It was first released in 2011 on the album Build a Rocket Boys!. Its best result is #19 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #173 indie & aaa song of 2011 and #7,158 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Lippy Kids" comes from Build a Rocket Boys!, the fifth Elbow album, released in 2011 as the follow-up to the hugely successful The Seldom Seen Kid. Like that record, it was made by the band on their own terms at Blueprint Studios in Manchester, with Craig Potter producing and mixing and Danny Evans pitching in on additional engineering.
Guy Garvey wrote the words and sings lead, and the music is credited to Garvey, Richard Jupp, Craig Potter, Mark Potter and Pete Turner. The Hallé Youth Choir lends its voices, and that extra swell of young singers suits a band that has always seemed happiest making a quiet song feel like it fills a hall. The album went on to a Mercury Prize nomination in 2011.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2011 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 860 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2026 | 792 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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