Song · LCD Soundsystem
“New Body Rhumba” by LCD Soundsystem
“New Body Rhumba” by LCD Soundsystem appears on 10 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2022 and 2025. Its best result is #4 on the Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2022. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #92 alternative song of 2022.
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LCD Soundsystem made "New Body Rhumba" to order for White Noise, Noah Baumbach's 2022 film of the 1985 novel, a book both Baumbach and James Murphy loved. The two are friends who had worked together before, so when Baumbach wanted an original song for the soundtrack he went straight to Murphy, and DFA and Columbia issued it digitally on September 30, 2022.
Murphy wrote it with drummer Pat Mahoney and keyboardist Nancy Whang, then produced and mixed it himself. It is vintage LCD dance-punk, wiry synths and handclaps wound around a jagged, looping guitar, with Murphy slipping up into falsetto now and then; Pitchfork called it "geometric, cowbell-friendly dance-punk".
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2022 | 103 |
| 2022 | 86 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2022 | 88 |
| 2022 | 94 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2022 | 100 |
| 2022 | 7 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2022 | 89 |
| 2022 | 4 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2022 | 90 |
| 2022 | 4 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2022 | 103 |
| 2022 | 18 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2022 | 200 |
| 2023 | 80 | KXT Dallas–Fort Worth, TX | KXT Top 91 Songs of 2023 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 161 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 766 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
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