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“Back On 74” by Jungle
“Back On 74” by Jungle appears on 8 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2023 and 2026. Its best result is #17 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2023. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #42 alternative song of 2023 and #288 of the '20s.
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"Back on 74" closed out the singles run from Volcano, the album by British band Jungle, arriving on 28 July 2023 through Caiola and AWAL. Josh Lloyd wrote it with Thomas McFarland and the group's newest member, Lydia Kitto, and produced it himself.
Lloyd has explained the 74 as an invented address, a 74th Street or Avenue of the imagination where you played outside as a kid; the song is about going back there and getting hit by nostalgia even though nothing is quite how you left it. It burned slowly. The track and its video, which Lloyd co-directed with Charlie Di Placido, blew up on TikTok in late 2023 and early 2024, helped along by a performance at the 2024 Brit Awards, and it went top 40 in the UK and New Zealand and picked up an Ivor Novello nomination for Best Contemporary Song.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 88 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2023 | 90 |
| 2023 | 34 | Impact 89FM Lansing, MI | Impact 89FM Top 89 Songs of 2023 | 89 |
| 2023 | 76 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2023 | 88 |
| 2023 | 21 | KXT Dallas–Fort Worth, TX | KXT Top 91 Songs of 2023 | 91 |
| 2023 | 95 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2023 | 98 |
| 2023 | 17 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2023 | 100 |
| 2024 | 51 | KXT Dallas–Fort Worth, TX | KXT Top 91 Songs of 2024 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 96 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
Also listed as: Back on 74.
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