Song · Phoebe Bridgers
“Motion Sickness” by Phoebe Bridgers
From the album Stranger in the Alps (2017)
“Motion Sickness” by Phoebe Bridgers appears on 19 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2017 and 2026. It was first released in 2017 on the album Stranger in the Alps. Its best result is #8 on the WXPN Year in Review: Top 50 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #48 indie & aaa song of 2017 and #236 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Motion Sickness" is the most upbeat song on Phoebe Bridgers' debut album, Stranger in the Alps, and Dead Oceans sent it out as the album's second single on July 18, 2017. She wrote it with Marshall Vore about her ex-boyfriend Ryan Adams, and it pulls off a neat trick: a breakup song that bounces, all brisk pulse and sing-along chorus, while the words cut with a deadpan, confessional honesty that critics compared to Elliott Smith.
Tony Berg and Ethan Gruska produced, with Gruska covering bass, drums and percussion and Greg Leisz's pedal steel giving the alt-country shuffle its ache. Mike Mogis mixed. The title is a nod to Bright Eyes, borrowed from both a song and a live album of theirs. It kept finding listeners long after release, going gold in the US in 2022.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 64 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 100 Songs of 2017 | 90 |
| 2017 | 50 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2017 | 90 |
| 2017 | 30 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2017 | 89 |
| 2017 | 8 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 50 Songs of 2017 | 50 |
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