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“Tattva” by Kula Shaker
From the album K (1996)
“Tattva” by Kula Shaker appears on 15 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1996 and 2022. It was first released in 1996 on the album K. Its best result is #9 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1996. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #101 alternative song of 1996 and #4,092 alternative song of all time.
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"Tattva" was Kula Shaker's debut single, and it came out twice in 1996: first as "Tattva (Lucky 13 Mix)", then, on 24 June, as a fresh recording from their debut album K, with a new sleeve and a different track listing. John Leckie produced, engineered and mixed it, Crispian Mills wrote the words, and the whole band, Mills, Alonza Bevan, Jay Darlington and Paul Winter-Hart, shares the music credit.
It's psychedelic rock in full paisley bloom, a droning, incense-thick groove with a strutting chorus. The re-recording reached number four in Britain, number 10 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks and number 11 on Canada's RPM Alternative 30. Not everybody was charmed: Melody Maker's Neil Kulkarni branded it and its follow-up, "Grateful When You're Dead", the two worst singles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 9 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1996 | 25 |
| 1996 | 84 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996 | 101 |
| 1996 | 46 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1996 | 99 |
| 1997 | 101 | 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO | 105.7 The Point Top 105.7 of 1997 | 106 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1840 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 1999 | 852 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2000 | 1841 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1843 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1829 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2002 | 1522 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1805 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1805 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1801 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2021 | 696 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2022 | 626 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
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