Song · Foster The People
“Call It What You Want” by Foster The People
From the album Torches (2011)
“Call It What You Want” by Foster The People appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2011 and 2012. It was first released in 2011 on the album Torches. Its best result is #14 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #257 alternative song of 2011.
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"Call It What You Want" comes off Torches, the debut album by Foster the People, and went out as their third single in December 2011. Mark Foster wrote it, and Paul Epworth produced it with Foster co-producing, Epworth adding keyboards and percussion of his own.
It's built on woozy, trippy synths with piano running all the way through, Foster covering piano, synthesizer and Wurlitzer as well as the lead vocal while Cubbie Fink plays bass and Mark Pontius drums, the two of them chiming in on backing vocals. Mark "Top" Rankin recorded and mixed it. Triple J listeners voted it to number 14 in their Hottest 100 of 2011, it turned up on the FIFA 12 soundtrack, and Rizzle Kicks remixed it and shot their own video for it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011 | 100 |
| 2012 | 18 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2012 | 88 |
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