Cover of How to Be a Human Being by Glass Animals
Cover: How to Be a Human Being

Song · Glass Animals

“Life Itself” by Glass Animals

From the album How to Be a Human Being (2016)

“Life Itself” by Glass Animals appears on 16 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 2016 and 2025. It was first released in 2016 on the album How to Be a Human Being. Its best result is #1 on the 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2016. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #12 alternative song of 2016 and #224 of the '10s.

16countdowns
14stations
#1best position
1#1 finishes
4top 10 finishes
2016–2025years charted

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"Life Itself" comes from How to Be a Human Being, the 2016 album from Glass Animals, and Dave Bayley wrote it with Tariq Tafo. Matt Wiggins engineered and mixed it, and the result is a woozy, rubber-limbed groove, all bent melodies and fidgety rhythm, that sounds like indie pop after a long night spent with a stack of hip-hop records.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2016 31 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2016 91
2016 21 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 25 Songs of 2016 26
2016 9 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2016 103
2016 45 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2016 99
2016 7 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2016 103
2016 52 The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN The Current Top 89 Songs of 2016 89
2016 44 WERS 88.9 Boston, MA WERS Top 88 Songs of 2016 88
2016 60 WFUV New York, NY WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2016 90
2016 31 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2016 104
2016 1 96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2016 96
2016 50 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2016 50
2016 5 SiriusXM Alt Nation National (SiriusXM satellite radio) SiriusXM Alt Nation's 36 Biggest Alternative Songs of 2016 36
2016 63 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2016 100
2017 42 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2017 104

All-time and decade countdowns

Charting alongside it in 2016

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  3. 3Dark NecessitiesRed Hot Chili Peppers
  4. 4WowBeck
  5. 5Good GriefBastille
  6. 6Casual PartyBand of Horses

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