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“Sit Next To Me” by Foster The People
From the album Sacred Hearts Club (2017)
“Sit Next To Me” by Foster The People appears on 18 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 2017 and 2026. It was first released in 2017 on the album Sacred Hearts Club. Its best result is #2 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #19 alternative song of 2018, #3,084 alternative song of all time and #153 of the '10s.
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"Sit Next to Me" slinks in as the third track on Foster the People's Sacred Hearts Club, and Columbia sent it out as the album's third single in the summer of 2017. It's a sleek, sun-drunk come-on built for a crowded room: Mark Foster sings it and piles on bass, guitar and synths, OliGee matches him part for part and adds piano, and producers Josh Abraham and OliGee keep everything glossy and elastic, with Lars Stalfors mixing and adding production of his own. Five writers share the credit, and it sounds engineered for stickiness, which is exactly what critics liked about it: the production and the catchiness.
The video, directed by Fourclops and Brinton Bryan, played out like a hijacked social feed, stitching together 100 Instagram posts from influencers, celebrities and fans around the world.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 86 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2017 | 91 |
| 2017 | 36 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2017 | 88 |
| 2017 | 10 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2017 | 103 |
| 2017 | 35 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2017 | 88 |
| 2018 | 2 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2018 | 91 |
| 2018 | 3 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2018 | 51 |
| 2018 | 61 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2018 | 107 |
| 2018 | 3 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2018 | 50 |
| 2019 | 7 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2019 | 88 |
| 2020 | 30 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 93 Songs of 2020 | 93 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 38 | ALT 98.7 | ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade | 98 |
| 2020 | 10 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 107 Songs of Last Decade (2010s) | 107 |
| 2020 | 99 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s | 102 |
| 2020 | 43 | X96 | X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade | 100 |
| 2020 | 235 | DC101 | The DC101 Top 500 | 500 |
| 2022 | 812 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2022 | 86 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2026 | 135 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
Also listed as: Sit Next to Me.
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