Song · Idles
“Model Village” by Idles
From the album Ultra Mono (2020)
“Model Village” by Idles appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2020 and 2025. It was first released in 2020 on the album Ultra Mono. Its best result is #46 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2020. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #190 alternative song of 2020.
"Model Village" was the fourth of five singles Idles fired off to herald Ultra Mono, landing on 11 August 2020, ahead of the British band's third studio album on Partisan that September. All five of them wrote it: Joe Talbot on lead vocals, Mark Bowen and Lee Kiernan on electric guitars, Adam Devonshire on bass and Jon Beavis on drums, with Adam Greenspan and Nick Launay producing.
The album around it pushes further into the targets the band had been swinging at all along, capitalism, class struggle, revolution, mental health and toxic masculinity, and adds a new one: the upside and the downside of their own sudden fame.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 46 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2020 | 103 |
| 2020 | 60 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2020 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 394 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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