Song · Foals
“Spanish Sahara” by Foals
From the album Total Life Forever (2010)
“Spanish Sahara” by Foals appears on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2010 and 2019. It was first released in 2010 on the album Total Life Forever. Its best result is #41 on the CD101 Top 102 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #379 alternative song of 2011 and #7,436 alternative song of all time.
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"Spanish Sahara" was never an official single, but it was the first taste of Foals' second album, Total Life Forever, premiered on BBC Radio 1 in March 2010, with a video going up on the band's website the same night.
Luke Smith produced and recorded it, Daniel Rejmer engineered, and Alan Moulder and Catherine Marks mixed it, with the whole band sharing the writing credit. For Record Store Day it came out only as a 7-inch, just 1000 copies sold through independent shops, and a Mount Kimbie remix later went out as a free download to members of the band's website.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 98 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010 | 100 |
| 2011 | 41 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102 Songs of 2011 | 102 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1938 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1997 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2013 | 42 | BBC Radio 6 Music | BBC 6 Music 100 Best Tracks Of The Last 10 Years | 100 |
| 2019 | 275 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
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