Song · Paolo Nutini
“Iron Sky” by Paolo Nutini
From the album Caustic Love (2014)
“Iron Sky” by Paolo Nutini appears on 5 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2021 and 2025. It was first released in 2014 on the album Caustic Love. Its best result is #30 on the Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2024). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,671 alternative song of all time.
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From Caustic Love, Paolo Nutini's third album, released in April 2014, "Iron Sky" is a slow burner that takes its sweet time and then tears the roof off. The Scottish singer wrote it with Dave Nelson and produced it with Dani Castelar, and it's deep soul with a conscience; The Independent likened it to Percy Sledge taking on Curtis Mayfield. It even makes room for Charlie Chaplin, whose famous speech from The Great Dictator (1940) earns him a lyric credit.
It crept to 42 in the UK before Atlantic put it out as a single that August. Then it found a second life: after the Charlie Hebdo shooting in January 2015, Dutch station 3FM brought it back, and DJ Giel Beelen broke down in tears reading its words on air. Bon Iver later sampled it on "33 'GOD'".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 88 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2021) | 100 |
| 2022 | 32 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2022) | 100 |
| 2023 | 31 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2023) | 100 |
| 2024 | 30 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2024) | 100 |
| 2025 | 35 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2025) | 100 |
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