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“Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?” by Moby
From the album Play (1999)
“Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?” by Moby appears on 10 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2001 and 2023. It was first released in 1999 on the album Play. Its best result is #79 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #459 alternative song of 2001 and #3,009 alternative song of all time.
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"Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?" was the fourth single Moby pulled from Play, his fifth album, and Mute put it out in 1999. It started life back in 1992 as a club track Moby himself later dismissed as generic, run-of-the-mill techno. Years on he dug it back up, slowed it right down and let the sadness in, and it only made the album because his manager talked him into it.
The whole thing hangs on a sample of the Banks Brothers' 1963 recording "He'll Roll Your Burdens Away", an old voice pleading over a slow, sombre beat. Moby wrote, produced, engineered and mixed the rest himself, with the Shining Light Gospel Choir credited on vocals. Europe went for it: number 16 in the UK, number three in Germany, and the top 10 in Austria and Switzerland.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 79 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 425 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2007 | 1306 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1342 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1355 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1387 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1450 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1503 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1554 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2023 | 729 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
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