Song · Frank Ocean
“Chanel” by Frank Ocean
Released 2017
“Chanel” by Frank Ocean appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2020. It was first released in 2017. Its best result is #1514 on the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,741 indie & aaa song of all time.
Frank Ocean dropped "Chanel" on March 10, 2017 as a standalone single, premiering it on the second episode of his Blonded Radio show with an ASAP Rocky remix aired right alongside. It was his second song of the year, landing just after his turn with Migos on Calvin Harris's "Slide".
It's a slow piano ballad where Ocean raps the verses and croons the hook, and he turns the title into a symbol of duality, a way of talking about sexual fluidity and masculinity. The praise came fast, for lyrics that took that subject head-on and pushed back against narrow straight-male ideas of manhood, and LGBT fans on Twitter claimed it as a bisexual anthem.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1514 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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