Song · Frank Ocean
“Nikes” by Frank Ocean
From the album Blonde (2016)
“Nikes” by Frank Ocean appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2024. It was first released in 2016 on the album Blonde. Its best result is #306 on The Best Opening Tracks of All Time.
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"Nikes" ended a long wait: Frank Ocean put it out as the first single from Blonde, his second studio album, on August 20, 2016, and it was his first single since "Super Rich Kids" back in 2013. It arrived with a Tyrone Lebon video that lived only on Apple Music.
Ocean wrote it with James Blake and produced and arranged it with Malay and Om'Mas Keith, and it floats more than it moves, closer to ambient drift than a radio single. Malay plays the mellotron, Jeff Ellis recorded it, Tom Elmhirst mixed it, and Amber Coffman, formerly of Dirty Projectors, adds her voice. The physical CD of Blonde carries a stretched-out version featuring the Japanese rapper Kohh.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 306 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
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