Song · Of Monsters And Men
“Alligator” by Of Monsters And Men
From the album FEVER DREAM (2019)
“Alligator” by Of Monsters And Men appears on 13 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2019 and 2022. It was first released in 2019 on the album FEVER DREAM. Its best result is #6 on the Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2019. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #18 alternative song of 2019 and #373 of the '10s.
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"Alligator" was the 2019 lead single from Fever Dream, the third studio album by Iceland's Of Monsters and Men, and it sheds the band's folk trappings for something harder. Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir wrote it, and the band produced it with Rich Costey, who also mixed it.
It's a song about clawing your way out of disillusion and confusion, uplifting and aggressive at once. Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson's drums pound, Kristján Páll Kristjánsson doubles up on bass and bass synth, and Nanna and Ragnar Þórhallsson trade forceful vocals that recall the band's early energy. Reviewers loved it, and wished the rest of the album had followed its lead. It went top ten at home in Iceland and hit number one on the Rock Airplay and Adult Alternative Airplay charts.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 34 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2019 | 91 |
| 2019 | 6 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2019 | 51 |
| 2019 | 51 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2019 | 89 |
| 2019 | 11 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2019 | 104 |
| 2019 | 30 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2019 | 107 |
| 2019 | 179 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2019 | 200 |
| 2019 | 21 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2019 | 50 |
| 2019 | 14 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2019 | 88 |
| 2019 | 84 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2019 | 103 |
| 2019 | 49 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2019 | 88 |
| 2020 | 14 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | ALT 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2020 | 51 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 25 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s | 102 |
| 2022 | 489 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
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