Song · PJ Harvey
“We Float” by PJ Harvey
From the album Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea (2000)
“We Float” by PJ Harvey appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2019. It was first released in 2000 on the album Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea. Its best result is #582 on the KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,916 indie & aaa song of all time.
PJ Harvey wrote "We Float" on her own for Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, her fifth album, which Island released on 23 October 2000 after sessions that ran from March into April. It's a small-band affair: Harvey sings and plays guitar, piano and djembe, Rob Ellis covers drums, piano, keyboards and bell, and Mick Harvey plays bass and organ, with Ellis and Mick Harvey on backing vocals.
The album around it is a love record bound up with her affection for New York City, and it became the second big commercial success of her career after To Bring You My Love. Most critics adored it, it won her the 2001 Mercury Prize, and it went platinum in the UK and Australia.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 582 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
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