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“My Delirium” by Ladyhawke
From the album Ladyhawke (2008)
“My Delirium” by Ladyhawke appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2008 and 2009. It was first released in 2008 on the album Ladyhawke. Its best result is #11 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #194 alternative song of 2008.
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"My Delirium" sits third on Ladyhawke's self-titled 2008 debut album, and it went out as a single that December, a rush of glittering new wave from the New Zealand musician. She wrote it with Hannah Robinson and Pascal Gabriel, the pair she had worked with on her previous single, after a spell of jet-lagged sleeplessness and homesickness; Robinson has said this song and "Dusk Till Dawn" both came out of their first and only session together.
Gabriel produced and recorded it and plays drums, percussion, keyboards and guitar, with Alex Gray adding guitar and keys, Robinson singing backing vocals and Tom Elmhirst on the mix. Ladyhawke was chasing simple, hooky guitar riffs and a happy-sad mood, and the result became her most commercially successful single, selling more than 70,000 copies in Australia and going top 10 there and in New Zealand.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 11 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 | 100 |
| 2009 | 74 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2009 | 101 |
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