Song · Iggy Pop
“Gardenia” by Iggy Pop
Released 2016
“Gardenia” by Iggy Pop appears on 14 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2016 and 2026. It was first released in 2016. Its best result is #6 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #366 alternative song of 2016.
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Iggy Pop kicked off the Post Pop Depression era with "Gardenia," the first song fans heard from that 17th studio album, released through Loma Vista on January 22, 2016, and premiered live on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that same night. He wrote it with Josh Homme and Dean Fertita, and the old provocateur sounds in no hurry at all.
Pitchfork gave it a Best New Track nod, singling out a trembling, dreamy guitar drone that leaves his weighty voice plenty of room, and the way the song holds both sides of him at once: the gentleman charmer and the reckless wreck of his younger days. It reached No. 26 on Billboard's Adult Alternative Songs chart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 11 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2016 | 90 |
| 2016 | 78 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2016 | 107 |
| 2016 | 69 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 100 Songs of 2016 | 90 |
| 2016 | 78 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2016 | 103 |
| 2016 | 45 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2016 | 104 |
| 2016 | 35 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2016 | 89 |
| 2016 | 16 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2016 | 89 |
| 2018 | 6 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2018 | 83 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 255 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2018 | 188 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2019 | 985 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 985 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2025 | 736 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2026 | 215 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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