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Cover of Strangers to Ourselves by Modest Mouse
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“Lampshades On Fire” by Modest Mouse

From the album Strangers to Ourselves (2015)

“Lampshades On Fire” by Modest Mouse appears on 30 radio countdowns from 23 stations between 2014 and 2026. It was first released in 2015 on the album Strangers to Ourselves. Its best result is #2 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #3 alternative song of 2015, #4,053 alternative song of all time and #181 of the '10s.

30countdowns
23stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
3top 10 finishes
2014–2026years charted

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Modest Mouse - Lampshades on Fire (Official Music Video)

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"Lampshades on Fire" arrived in December 2014 as the lead single from Strangers to Ourselves, Modest Mouse's sixth album, and it's a rickety, stomping singalong that sounds like a party about to get out of hand. Isaac Brock wrote the words, the band (Brock, Jim Fairchild, Jeremiah Green, Russell Higbee, Eric Judy and Tom Peloso) share the music credit, and Brock produced it with Clay Jones and Tucker Martine.

The video, directed by Jorges Torres Torres, starred Natasha Lyonne alongside a crowd of local bands from Athens, Georgia, Muuy Biien, Ginko, Sad Dads, DIP and Monsoon among them.

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
2014 77 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2014 91
2014 90 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2014 99
2014 64 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2014 104
2015 21 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2015 91
2015 12 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2015 89
2015 3 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2015 103
2015 11 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2015 99
2015 2 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2015 125
2015 37 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2015 88
2015 21 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2015 50
2015 35 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2015 107
2015 22 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2015 103
2015 2 WERS 88.9 Boston, MA WERS Top 88 Songs of 2015 88
2015 29 The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN The Current Top 89 Songs of 2015 89
2015 11 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2015 100
2015 22 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015 104
2015 64 WTMD Baltimore, MD WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2015 89

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2016 118 WYEP WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 913
2018 478 WTMD WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 896
2019 488 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 105 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Songs of Last Decade (2010s) 107
2020 90 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s 102
2020 54 X96 X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade 100
2022 215 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2023 850 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2023 928 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2024 203 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055
2025 527 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909
2026 277 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500
2026 428 KXT KXT 917 Song Countdown 917

Also listed as: Lampshades on Fire; Lampshade On Fire.

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