Song · Lola Young
“Messy” by Lola Young
From the album This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway (2024)
“Messy” by Lola Young appears on 15 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 2024 and 2026. It was first released in 2024 on the album This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway. Its best result is #1 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2025. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #4 alternative song of 2025 and #21 of the '20s.
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Lola Young put out "Messy" on 30 May 2024, the sixth song lifted off her second album, This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway, and it's a pop-soul confessional with the sway of vintage doo-wop and a raw nerve running straight through it. Young wrote it with Conor Dickinson, who plays acoustic guitar and acoustic bass on it, and a production crew of Carter Lang, manuka., Monsune and Solomonophonic keeps the arrangement loose enough for her voice to crack and snarl wherever it wants.
TikTok did the rest. It gave her a first-ever chart entry and went all the way to the top in the UK, then Australia, Ireland and beyond, reached 14 on the Hot 100 and won her Best Pop Solo Performance at the 68th Grammy Awards.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 64 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2024 | 90 |
| 2024 | 51 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2024 | 89 |
| 2024 | 55 | WNXP 91.ONE Nashville, TN | WNXP 91 Most Played Songs of 2024 | 91 |
| 2024 | 72 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2024 | 107 |
| 2024 | 4 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2024 | 100 |
| 2025 | 2 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2025 | 99 |
| 2025 | 2 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Songs of 2025 | 100 |
| 2025 | 4 | 91.3 The Summit Akron, OH | The Summit FM Top 91 Songs of 2025 | 91 |
| 2025 | 2 | KXT Dallas–Fort Worth, TX | KXT Top 91 Songs of 2025 | 91 |
| 2025 | 5 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2025 | 88 |
| 2025 | 1 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2025 | 103 |
| 2025 | 15 | 90.5 WERG Erie, PA | WERG Top 90 of 2025 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 87 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 130 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 5 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
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