Song · Ocean Alley
“Confidence” by Ocean Alley
From the album Chiaroscuro (2018)
“Confidence” by Ocean Alley appears on 3 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2018 and 2025. It was first released in 2018 on the album Chiaroscuro. Its best result is #1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #67 alternative song of 2018.
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"Confidence" arrived on 6 February 2018, the third single from Chiaroscuro, the second album by Australian rock band Ocean Alley, and it rolls in on a lazy, sun-bleached groove with a swagger that never breaks a sweat. The band wrote it together, and rhythm guitarist Mitch Galbraith has said they could tell while they were writing it that they had something, a song unlike most of what they'd made before.
It went platinum at home in 2019 and picked up nominations for Song of the Year at the ARIA Music Awards and Rock of the Year at the APRA Awards. Then it got a second life: in December 2023 it caught fire on TikTok, climbed back into the ARIA Singles Chart and reached the American and British charts for the first time. In 2025 it came in at 65 in Triple J's Hottest 100 of Australian Songs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2018 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 35 | Triple J | Triple J Hottest 100 of the 2010s (2020) | 100 |
| 2025 | 65 | Triple J | Triple J Hottest 100 of Australian Songs (2025) | 100 |
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