Song · Matt Maeson
“Cringe” by Matt Maeson
From the EP Who Killed Matt Maeson (2017)
“Cringe” by Matt Maeson appears on 15 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2018 and 2026. It was first released in 2017 on the EP Who Killed Matt Maeson. Its best result is #3 on the CD101 Top 50 Songs of 2019. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #13 alternative song of 2019, #4,084 alternative song of all time, #348 of the '10s and #389 of the '20s.
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Matt Maeson's "Cringe" comes from his 2017 EP Who Killed Matt Maeson, and it's built around little more than his own guitar and a voice that sounds scraped raw, a performance that lets the rough edges show instead of sanding them off. Maeson wrote it with producer James Flannigan, who keeps the arrangement lean enough that every crack in the delivery lands, and John O'Mahony mixed it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 103 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2018 | 107 |
| 2018 | 188 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2018 | 200 |
| 2018 | 73 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2018 | 104 |
| 2019 | 6 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2019 | 91 |
| 2019 | 3 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 50 Songs of 2019 | 50 |
| 2019 | 42 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2019 | 50 |
| 2019 | 57 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2019 | 88 |
| 2019 | 31 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2019 | 103 |
| 2019 | 27 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2019 | 51 |
| 2020 | 45 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2020 | 91 |
| 2020 | 40 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 93 Songs of 2020 | 93 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 68 | 103.3 The Edge | 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade | 103 |
| 2020 | 81 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s | 102 |
| 2022 | 214 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2026 | 276 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
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