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“Ship To Wreck” by Florence And The Machine
From the album How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015)
“Ship To Wreck” by Florence And The Machine appears on 26 radio countdowns from 21 stations between 2015 and 2026. It was first released in 2015 on the album How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful. Its best result is #3 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #14 alternative song of 2015, #4,577 alternative song of all time and #257 of the '10s.
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"Ship to Wreck" was the second single from How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, Florence and the Machine's third album, in 2015, and it's a song about running yourself aground: Florence Welch looking back at her own behaviour at a house party and finding self-destruction, self-doubt and debauchery. She wrote it with Kid Harpoon, who produced it with Markus Dravs, and they keep it bright and guitar-driven, Robert Ackroyd and Leo Abrahams chiming away, James Hallawell's Hammond swelling underneath and Dravs tapping out glockenspiel, so the panic comes wrapped in something that sounds like a good time.
Vincent Haycock's video, shot in Welch's own home, tears a dinner party apart. The song earned a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
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
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 41 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2019 | 76 | 102.7 WEQX | WEQX Top 102.7 of the 2010's Decade | 103 |
| 2019 | 21 | ALT 98.7 | ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade | 98 |
| 2020 | 57 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s | 102 |
| 2022 | 279 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2024 | 386 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2024 | 514 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 168 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 440 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 130 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 157 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 340 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
Also listed as: Ship to Wreck.
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