Song · Magic!
“Rude” by Magic!
From the album Animal Feel (2014)
“Rude” by Magic! appears on 5 radio countdowns from 5 stations in 2014. It was first released in 2014 on the album Animal Feel. Its best result is #1 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2014. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #59 alternative song of 2014.
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"Rude" was the debut single from the Canadian band Magic!, a sunny slice of reggae-pop that surfaced as a promo in October 2013 and got a full Sony Music release in February 2014. The story is a courtship gone sideways: a young man asks his girlfriend's father for his blessing to marry her, gets refused, bristles, and swears he'll go through with the wedding regardless. Adam Messinger produced it and wrote it with Nasri, and the breezy lilt makes the indignation go down easy.
Critics were split; the public wasn't. It hit number one in the US and the UK, reached six in Canada, went top ten from Australia to Sweden and picked up the Juno for Single of the Year, ending 2014 ninth among the year's best-sellers with 8.6 million units shifted worldwide. The official remix added Kid Ink, Ty Dolla Sign and Blink-182's Travis Barker on drums.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 52 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2014 | 91 |
| 2014 | 41 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2014 | 99 |
| 2014 | 1 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2014 | 88 |
| 2014 | 50 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2014 | 51 |
| 2014 | 44 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2014 | 107 |
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