Song · Foals
“Exits” by Foals
From the album Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, Part 1 (2019)
“Exits” by Foals appears on 9 radio countdowns from 9 stations in 2019. It was first released in 2019 on the album Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, Part 1. Its best result is #13 on the WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2019. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #42 alternative song of 2019.
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"Exits" was the first shot fired from Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1, Foals' fifth album, and Annie Mac gave it its premiere on BBC Radio 1 in 2019. It was also the band's first single without bassist Walter Gervers, who had left in 2018; Yannis Philippakis and Edwin Congreave share the bass credit instead.
The rest of the band fills in the groove: Jack Bevan on drums, Jimmy Smith on guitar and keys, and Vincent Taeger adding marimba, vibraphone and percussion that give it a nervy shimmer. Foals and Philippakis produced it with Brett Shaw as co-producer, and Spike Stent mixed it. Albert Moya's video drops Christa Théret and Isaac H. Wright into a secret fencing academy, a chain of surreal little scenes shot in Budapest, and George FitzGerald later turned the track into a trance remix.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 50 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2019 | 91 |
| 2019 | 21 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 50 Songs of 2019 | 50 |
| 2019 | 45 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2019 | 104 |
| 2019 | 85 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2019 | 89 |
| 2019 | 60 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2019 | 107 |
| 2019 | 13 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2019 | 100 |
| 2019 | 158 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2019 | 200 |
| 2019 | 37 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2019 | 103 |
| 2019 | 54 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2019 | 88 |
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