Song · Embrace
“Gravity” by Embrace
From the album Out of Nothing (2004)
“Gravity” by Embrace appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2004 and 2005. It was first released in 2004 on the album Out of Nothing. Its best result is #79 on the Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #545 alternative song of 2005 and #7,257 alternative song of all time.
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Embrace opened the Out of Nothing era with "Gravity", released on 30 August 2004 as the first single from their fourth album, and it came with a borrowed pedigree. Coldplay wrote it, with Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin sharing the credit, and they first played it live in 2002 before Martin handed it over to Embrace.
In Embrace's hands it's big-hearted, arms-around-your-mates Britpop, and it paid off: a number seven hit on the UK Singles Chart, a silver disc from the BPI in 2019, and a place on Radio X's list of the best indie songs of 2004. Its B-side, "Wasted", dated back to the sessions for Drawn from Memory in 2000.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 79 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 | 150 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 463 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
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