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“Team” by Lorde

From the album Pure Heroine (2013)

“Team” by Lorde appears on 22 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 2013 and 2026. It was first released in 2013 on the album Pure Heroine. Its best result is #9 on the WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2014. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #25 alternative song of 2013, #4,320 alternative song of all time and #166 of the '10s.

22countdowns
17stations
#9best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
2013–2026years charted

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Lorde - Team

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"Team" is Lorde's salute to her friends and to New Zealand, a single from her 2013 debut Pure Heroine that she wrote with Joel Little, who produced it (she had a hand in the production too) and engineered and mixed it. It's alternative pop with an electro hip-hop spine: synth haze, fat bass and snare, and a beat built on handclaps, with Lorde's voice cool and wry over the top.

Critics liked the sound, the words and her delivery, and in America it climbed to number six on the Hot 100. Young Replicant directed the video in the abandoned Red Hook Grain Terminal in Brooklyn, spun from Lorde's dream of teenagers running their own world, and it crashed Vevo's channel on release. She took it to Letterman and the ARIA Music 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#StationCountdownof
2013 22 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 50 Songs of 2013 50
2013 30 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2013 91
2013 57 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2013 99
2013 30 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME WCYY Year End Top 50 of 2013 50
2013 73 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2013 94
2013 61 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2013 103
2013 22 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2013 101
2013 24 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2013 51
2013 74 The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN The Current Top 89 Songs of 2013 89
2013 60 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 97X Top 97 of 2013 97
2013 15 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2013 100
2014 13 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2014 99
2014 87 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2014 88
2014 14 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME WCYY Top 50 CYY Songs of 2014 50
2014 28 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2014 51
2014 58 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2014 100
2014 9 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2014 50

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2019 74 ALT 98.7 ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade 98
2020 61 X96 X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade 100
2022 289 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2025 686 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909
2026 271 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

Charting alongside it in 2013

Best songs of 2013 →
  1. 1RoyalsLorde
  2. 2Do I Wanna KnowArctic Monkeys
  3. 3Out of my LeagueFitz and the Tantrums
  4. 4PompeiiBastille
  5. 5Safe and SoundCapital Cities
  6. 6ReflektorThe Arcade Fire

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