Song · Janelle Monae
“Float” by Janelle Monae featuring Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
From the album The Age of Pleasure (2023) Featuring Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
“Float” by Janelle Monae featuring Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 appears on 7 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2023 and 2025. It was first released in 2023 on the album The Age of Pleasure. Its best result is #2 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2023. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #53 indie & aaa song of 2023, #4,335 indie & aaa song of all time and #352 of the '20s.
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"Float" finds Janelle Monáe at her most unbothered on The Age of Pleasure, her June 2023 album, with Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 riding shotgun. Kuti and the band blow the horns and Kuti takes a solo of his own, and Nana Kwabena's arrangement, with his percussion bubbling underneath, gives the whole thing a loose, sun-drunk swagger.
Kwabena produced it with Sensei Bueno and Nate "Rocket" Wonder, who between them cover guitar and bass, with Wonder adding flute, effects and backing vocals. Monáe wrote it with all three and helped record it herself, and Mick Guzauski mixed. It's a victory lap that never breaks a sweat.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2023 | 90 |
| 2023 | 14 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2023 | 100 |
| 2023 | 4 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2023 | 89 |
| 2023 | 71 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2023 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 372 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
| 2024 | 508 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 343 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
Also listed as: Float feat. Seun Kuti and Egypt 80; Float (feat. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80).
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