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“Jigsaw Falling Into Place” by Radiohead
From the album In Rainbows (2007)
“Jigsaw Falling Into Place” by Radiohead appears on 25 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 2007 and 2026. It was first released in 2007 on the album In Rainbows. Its best result is #7 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #78 alternative song of 2008.
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"Jigsaw Falling into Place" arrived as the first single from In Rainbows, Radiohead's seventh album, in January 2008, a few months after the album itself came out in 2007. The band had road-tested an early version on their 2006 tour under the working title "Open Pick", and Nigel Godrich produced and mixed the finished take.
It's Radiohead at their most propulsive, a nervy, bass-driven rush that sounds as if it's trying to outrun its own subject: Thom Yorke drew the lyric from the drunken chaos he'd seen on nights out in Oxford, people drinking themselves into oblivion, a thrill with a much darker undertow. Garth Jennings and Adam Buxton directed a video of the band playing in their studio with cameras strapped to bike helmets, and Steve Reich later drew on the song for his 2012 piece Radio Rewrite.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 105.3 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2007 | 106 |
| 2007 | 64 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2007 | 103 |
| 2007 | 94 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007 | 100 |
| 2008 | 102 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2008 | 105 |
| 2008 | 51 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | 102.1 The Edge's Top 102 Songs of 2008 | 102 |
| 2008 | 88 | 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT | 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2008 | 103 |
| 2008 | 40 | KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA | KSLG Top 94 of 2008 | 94 |
| 2008 | 7 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2008 | 50 |
| 2008 | 39 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2008 | 100 |
| 2008 | 27 | WVBR Ithaca, NY | WVBR Top 93 of 2008 | 93 |
| 2008 | 64 | 88Nine Radio Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI | 88Nine Radio Milwaukee Top 100 Songs of 2008 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 333 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2009 | 143 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Essential Songs | 913 |
| 2013 | 177 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2019 | 698 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 698 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2020 | 1413 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 413 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2023 | 389 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 982 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2024 | 281 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 127 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 508 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 278 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 905 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
Also listed as: Falling into Place; Jigsaw Falling into Place; Jigsaw falling into place.
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