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“Mountain At My Gates” by Foals
From the album What Went Down (2015)
“Mountain At My Gates” by Foals appears on 24 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 2015 and 2026. It was first released in 2015 on the album What Went Down. Its best result is #4 on The End Top 107 Songs of Last Decade (2010s). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #13 alternative song of 2015, #4,374 alternative song of all time and #150 of the '10s.
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"Mountain at My Gates" was the second single from What Went Down, the fourth album by British band Foals, and it arrived in the summer of 2015. James Ellis Ford produced it, Jimmy Robertson engineered and Alan Moulder mixed, and the whole thing builds like weather: a nervy, chiming guitar figure, a groove that keeps tightening, then a wide-open surge where the band finally lets it all go. Jack Bevan, Walter Gervers, Yannis Philippakis and Jimmy Smith share the writing credit.
It went all the way to number one on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart and turned up on the soundtrack of FIFA 16 and in a Forza Horizon 3 trailer. The video was a spherical affair, shot in 4K on a GoPro at the Alexandra Road Estate, with a flat version for anyone who preferred to sit still.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2015 | 91 |
| 2015 | 13 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2015 | 103 |
| 2015 | 41 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2015 | 99 |
| 2015 | 70 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2015 | 88 |
| 2015 | 96 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2015 | 100 |
| 2015 | 15 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2015 | 103 |
| 2015 | 20 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2015 | 100 |
| 2016 | 14 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2016 | 103 |
| 2016 | 19 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2016 | 99 |
| 2016 | 78 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2016 | 104 |
| 2016 | 39 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2016 | 89 |
| 2016 | 44 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2016 | 50 |
| 2016 | 19 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2016 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 63 | 102.7 WEQX | WEQX Top 102.7 of the 2010's Decade | 103 |
| 2019 | 430 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2020 | 4 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 107 Songs of Last Decade (2010s) | 107 |
| 2022 | 303 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2023 | 415 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
| 2023 | 332 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places | 800 |
| 2024 | 133 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2025 | 321 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 678 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 355 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
| 2026 | 978 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
Also listed as: Mountain at My Gates; Mountain At My Gate; Mountains At My Gate.
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