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“Club Foot” by Kasabian
From the album Kasabian (2004)
“Club Foot” by Kasabian appears on 21 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 2004 and 2022. It was first released in 2004 on the album Kasabian. Its best result is #22 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #60 alternative song of 2005 and #1,918 alternative song of all time.
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Kasabian's self-titled 2004 debut found its battering ram in "Club Foot", a track that marches in on a buzzing riff and never breaks step. Sergio Pizzorno and Christopher Karloff built it out of guitars and synthesizers, and Pizzorno has said the band borrowed the Beach Boys' approach to "Good Vibrations", scrambling the sonic landscape while leaving the listener a handhold. Tom Meighan snarls over the top, part threat, part come-on.
Pizzorno called it a song about revenge and settling scores; bassist Chris Edwards tied it to the start of the Iraq war and news of soldiers under petrol-bomb attack. The band produced it with extra help from Jim Abbiss, and in 2011 NME slotted it at number 108 on its list of the best tracks of the previous 15 years.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 93 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 | 101 |
| 2004 | 98 | 99X Atlanta, GA | 99X Essential 99 of 2004 | 99 |
| 2005 | 39 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2005 | 106 |
| 2005 | 73 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 | 101 |
| 2005 | 63 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2005 | 107 |
| 2005 | 22 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 | 101 |
| 2005 | 67 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 | 150 |
| 2005 | 54 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2005 | 102 |
| 2005 | 94 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2005 | 99 |
| 2005 | 72 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2005 | 230 |
| 2005 | 92 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2005 | 103 |
| 2005 | 53 | CRNC 90.1 Niagara / Toronto, ON | CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of 2005 | 91 |
| 2005 | 115 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 513 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 674 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 697 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 717 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 711 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 645 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 593 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2022 | 309 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
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