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“Sleeping Ute” by Grizzly Bear
From the album Shields (2012)
“Sleeping Ute” by Grizzly Bear appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations in 2012. It was first released in 2012 on the album Shields. Its best result is #44 on the WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #72 indie & aaa song of 2012.
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"Sleeping Ute" was the first single from Shields, Grizzly Bear's fourth album, released on Warp in 2012, and it hands the lead vocal to guitarist Daniel Rossen. It's also the oldest song on the record: Rossen wrote it on his own long before bringing it to the band, and it was cut alongside "Yet Again" at the album's opening sessions in Marfa, Texas; Rossen remembers it as one of the earliest recordings that truly clicked for them.
Bassist Chris Taylor, who produced it, wanted the track to burst wide open and sound unhinged, as though anything could happen, lurching from tunnel vision to kaleidoscope to full-blown explosion.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 56 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2012 | 89 |
| 2012 | 44 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2012 | 89 |
| 2012 | 80 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2012 | 200 |
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