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“This Head I Hold” by Electric Guest
From the album Mondo (2012)
“This Head I Hold” by Electric Guest appears on 14 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2012 and 2024. It was first released in 2012 on the album Mondo. Its best result is #1 on the 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #48 alternative song of 2012, #5,222 alternative song of all time and #472 of the '10s.
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"This Head I Hold" was the first single from Mondo, Electric Guest's 2012 debut, and it very nearly ended up with somebody else. Asa Taccone had planned to give the song away to a woman, until his friend Brian Burton heard the demo and insisted it was too good to part with. Taccone meant it as a standing reminder that you don't have to march in step with whatever your culture or society expects, and the buoyant, hip-swinging groove keeps the message from ever turning into a sermon. Danger Mouse produced it with Taccone, Kennie Takahashi mixed, and Burton and Matthew Compton share the writing credit with him.
It went on to become one of France's best-selling singles of 2012. Keith Schofield directed the proper video, a shaggy tale of a talent contest and a trek into the desert.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 16 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2012 | 103 |
| 2012 | 31 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2012 | 103 |
| 2012 | 74 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2012 | 99 |
| 2012 | 80 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2012 | 89 |
| 2012 | 27 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2012 | 89 |
| 2012 | 41 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2012 | 200 |
| 2012 | 1 | 96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS | 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2012 | 96 |
| 2012 | 67 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2012 | 101 |
| 2012 | 56 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2012 | 88 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1580 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2013 | 386 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2014 | 1372 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2018 | 334 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2024 | 470 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
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