Song · Fiona Apple
“Shameika” by Fiona Apple
From the album Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
“Shameika” by Fiona Apple appears on 12 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2020 and 2025. It was first released in 2020 on the album Fetch the Bolt Cutters. Its best result is #4 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2020. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #194 alternative song of 2020.
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"Shameika" comes from Fiona Apple's Fetch the Bolt Cutters, out in April 2020, and it sounds gloriously unpolished. Apple wrote it alone, sang the lead and the backing parts herself, and joined Sebastian Steinberg and Amy Wood on percussion, so the rhythm clatters and lurches like a kitchen-table jam that suddenly got serious.
Steinberg holds down the bass, Wood drums and recorded the track with John Would, and Tchad Blake's mix keeps every scrape and thump in the room. Apple's voice goes from a sneer to a wail inside a single line, and the whole thing feels wonderfully unfinished on purpose.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 130 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2020 | 199 |
| 2020 | 47 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2020 | 103 |
| 2020 | 16 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2020 | 88 |
| 2020 | 4 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2020 | 89 |
| 2020 | 21 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2020 | 104 |
| 2020 | 17 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2020 | 89 |
| 2020 | 16 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2020 | 90 |
| 2020 | 9 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2020 | 103 |
| 2020 | 25 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2020 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 423 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 237 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 279 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
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