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“You Set The Scene” by Love
From the album Forever Changes (1967)
“You Set The Scene” by Love appears on 4 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2009 and 2020. It was first released in 1967 on the album Forever Changes. Its best result is #422 on the WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,651 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"You Set the Scene" comes from Love's 1967 album Forever Changes, and it's Arthur Lee's show from the first word to the last: he wrote it, words and music, sings the lead, and co-produced it with Bruce Botnick, who also engineered the session. Ken Forssi lays down the bass and Michael Stuart-Ware keeps the drums rolling behind him.
What Lee cooked up here is a strange and lovely trip, the kind of song that plays like a movie in your head, grand and anxious at the same time. Rock radio took decades to catch up with it, but the heads who dig deep keep pulling it back out.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 422 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2012 | 527 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) | 885 |
| 2014 | 700 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2020 | 443 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
Also listed as: You Set the Scene.
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