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“Entertainment” by Phoenix
“Entertainment” by Phoenix appears on 12 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2013 and 2025. Its best result is #21 on the CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2013. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #57 alternative song of 2013 and #6,628 alternative song of all time.
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Phoenix opened the Bankrupt! campaign with "Entertainment", released on 19 February 2013 as the lead single from the French band's fifth album, a day after Zane Lowe gave it its first spin on BBC Radio 1. It's built on a clipped, staccato guitar figure and a whole bank of synthesizers, and together they give the song a faintly Eastern glint: bright, jittery and impossible to sit still through.
American alternative radio had it by the last week of February, and it later turned up on the soundtrack to the 2013 heist thriller Now You See Me. The official remix handed the production to Dev Hynes and brought in the British R&B group Mutya Keisha Siobhan on vocals.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 21 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2013 | 103 |
| 2013 | 35 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2013 | 99 |
| 2013 | 57 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2013 | 135 |
| 2013 | 66 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2013 | 88 |
| 2013 | 50.5 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2013 | 51 |
| 2013 | 64 | 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 97X Top 97 of 2013 | 97 |
| 2013 | 76 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2013 | 107 |
| 2013 | 71 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2013 | 101 |
| 2013 | 90 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2013 | 200 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1652 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2018 | 730 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2025 | 622 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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