Song · Kanye West
“Love Lockdown” by Kanye West
From the album 808s & Heartbreak (2008)
“Love Lockdown” by Kanye West appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 2008. It was first released in 2008 on the album 808s & Heartbreak. Its best result is #19 on the 88Nine Radio Milwaukee Top 100 Songs of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #616 alternative song of 2008.
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"Love Lockdown" was Kanye West's first step into 808s & Heartbreak, his fourth album, and a jolt: he sings it through Auto-Tune over piano and Roland TR-808 drums, picking through the wreckage of a relationship gone bad. He first posted it on his blog in September 2008, re-recorded it when the reaction soured, and the new version went out as the lead single later that month.
West produced it with co-producer Jeff Bhasker, who also plays keyboard, and the two wrote it with Esthero, Malik Yusef and Starshell. Critics singled out the drums and his vocal, it entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number three for his highest debut, and the video, a color-drained riff on Christian Bale's role in American Psycho, was Time's video of the year.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 19 | 88Nine Radio Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI | 88Nine Radio Milwaukee Top 100 Songs of 2008 | 100 |
| 2008 | 89 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 | 100 |
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