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“A Heavy Abacus” by Joy Formidable
From the album The Big Roar (2011)
“A Heavy Abacus” by Joy Formidable appears on 8 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2011 and 2012. It was first released in 2011 on the album The Big Roar. Its best result is #15 on the WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #143 alternative song of 2011.
The Joy Formidable closed out the campaign for their debut album, The Big Roar, with "A Heavy Abacus", its third and final single, released in July 2011 on Atlantic. Ritzy Bryan and Rhydian Dafydd wrote it, the Welsh band co-produced it, Charlie Stavish engineered and Rich Costey mixed, and the result is alt-rock built to fill a room.
Christopher Mills directed the video, and American alternative radio took to it: the song reached number 25 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart and hung around for fifteen weeks.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 83 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2011 | 101 |
| 2011 | 92 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2011 | 99 |
| 2011 | 86 | KJEE 92.9 Santa Barbara, CA | KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2011 | 92 |
| 2011 | 104 | 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO | 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2011 | 105 |
| 2011 | 46 | 89.9 WLCA St. Louis, MO | WLCA Top 89 of 2011 | 89 |
| 2011 | 15 | WBRU Providence, RI | WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2011 | 96 |
| 2012 | 93 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2012 | 99 |
| 2012 | 75 | 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 97X Top 97 Songs of 2012 | 97 |
Also listed as: Heavy Abacus.
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