Song · K. Flay
“Blood In The Cut” by K. Flay
From the EP Crush Me (2016)
“Blood In The Cut” by K. Flay appears on 12 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2016 and 2020. It was first released in 2016 on the EP Crush Me. Its best result is #3 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2016. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #20 alternative song of 2016, #6,954 alternative song of all time and #198 of the '10s.
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"Blood in the Cut" opened K.Flay's Crush Me EP in August 2016 on Interscope and Night Street, then went on to lead off the singles from her second album, Every Where Is Some Where. It's a breakup song that won't pretend the split was clean; the lyrics sit with the violence of the fallout. She wrote the words and the riff in about 20 minutes while home for Christmas, holed up in her parents' basement in a black mood, and came out of it with a jolt of energy she'd been missing. JT Daly, who wrote it with her and Lena Kwan Simon, produced, and the chorus is built for pure release.
It earned a Best Rock Song nomination at the 60th Grammy Awards, and it turned up on the XXX: Return of Xander Cage soundtrack and in an episode of BoJack Horseman.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 11 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 25 Songs of 2016 | 26 |
| 2016 | 94 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2016 | 99 |
| 2016 | 3 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2016 | 117 |
| 2016 | 36 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2016 | 88 |
| 2016 | 9 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2016 | 103 |
| 2016 | 19 | 96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS | 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2016 | 96 |
| 2017 | 23 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2017 | 91 |
| 2017 | 44 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017 | 99 |
| 2017 | 39 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2017 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 15 | 102.7 WEQX | WEQX Top 102.7 of the 2010's Decade | 103 |
| 2019 | 439 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2020 | 100 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 107 Songs of Last Decade (2010s) | 107 |
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