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“The Angel of 8th Ave.” by Gang of Youths
From the EP total serene (2021)
“The Angel of 8th Ave.” by Gang of Youths appears on 6 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2021 and 2025. It was first released in 2021 on the EP total serene. Its best result is #6 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2021. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #35 alternative song of 2021 and #233 of the '20s.
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"The Angel of 8th Ave." broke a four-year silence for Gang of Youths in 2021, the Australian band's first new original music in all that time, and plenty of outlets greeted it as a comeback. It led off the Total Serene EP and later turned up again on their third album, Angel in Realtime.
Frontman David Le'aupepe traced it to falling in love and building a new life with someone in a new city, and the track sounds exactly like that: a rushing, wide-open rock anthem with its heart pinned to its sleeve, drums sprinting and guitars flaring toward a big communal release. It earned the group an ARIA nomination for Best Group that year and an APRA nod for Most Performed Rock Work in 2022.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2021 | 91 |
| 2021 | 28 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2021 | 90 |
| 2021 | 68 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2021 | 200 |
| 2021 | 70 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2021 | 88 |
| 2021 | 6 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2021 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 788 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
Also listed as: The Angel Of 8th Ave.; the angel of 8th ave; the angel of 8th ave..
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