Song · King Stingray
“Lookin' Out” by King Stingray
From the album For the Dreams (2024)
“Lookin' Out” by King Stingray appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2023. It was first released in 2024 on the album For the Dreams. Its best result is #53 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2023. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #364 alternative song of 2023.
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King Stingray sent "Lookin' Out" into the world on 26 June 2023 as the first taste of their second album, For the Dreams, which didn't follow until 2024. The Australian band built it around a feeling more than a story: taking in the natural world and being knocked flat by how magnificent Mother Earth is.
Guitarist Roy Kellaway pitched it as a song about pulling together when nobody knows what's coming, sung by a band out of a small place with its sights on big subjects. People noticed. The video picked up a Best Video nomination at the 2023 ARIA Music Awards, and at the APRA Music Awards of 2024 the song made the Song of the Year shortlist and was nominated for Most Performed Rock Work.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 53 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2023 | 100 |
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