Song · Incubus
“Nimble Bastard” by Incubus
From the album 8 (2017)
“Nimble Bastard” by Incubus appears on 5 radio countdowns from 5 stations in 2017. It was first released in 2017 on the album 8. Its best result is #18 on the 102.1 The Edge's Top 20 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #63 alternative song of 2017.
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"Nimble Bastard" came off 8, Incubus's eighth album, as a single in 2017, and it came together late in the album's making: Mike Einziger said the band were already recording when they started fooling around with a musical idea and suddenly had a song. Brandon Boyd wrote the lyrics, all five members share the writing credit, and Skrillex, who produced other tracks on the album, gave this one its final mix without producing it.
Einziger plays electric guitar, Ben Kenney bass, Chris Kilmore keyboards and José Pasillas drums, with James Monti engineering. KROQ gave it its radio debut on February 16, 2017, and a lyric video followed the next day, a film reel that burns away to a bare brick wall. The April video goes gloriously silly: the band fend off jet-pack dogs by turning into superhero cats. It climbed to number 4 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 67 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2017 | 91 |
| 2017 | 18 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | 102.1 The Edge's Top 20 Songs of 2017 | 20 |
| 2017 | 54 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017 | 99 |
| 2017 | 56 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2017 | 104 |
| 2017 | 20 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2017 | 99 |
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