Song · Ruel
“As Long as You Care” by Ruel
From the EP Bright Lights, Red Eyes (2020)
“As Long as You Care” by Ruel appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2020. It was first released in 2020 on the EP Bright Lights, Red Eyes. Its best result is #45 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2020. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #193 alternative song of 2020.
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Ruel, the English-born Australian singer-songwriter, gave his third EP, Bright Lights, Red Eyes, its lead single with "As Long as You Care", which arrived in 2020 on the same day the EP was announced. He wrote it with Sarah Aarons and M-Phazes, and M-Phazes produced. Live Wire AU's Vivien Topalovic heard a song beamed in from the 1970s, all throbbing bass line and woozy guitar riffs under Ruel's velvety voice.
Grey Ghost directed the video, which has Ruel drifting through a house done up in 1970s style while he plays a parade of '70s TV stock characters on the screens around him. The single went top 10 in New Zealand and top 20 in Australia, and in 2021 it came back as a translucent orange seven-inch, limited to 150 copies, for Record Store Day.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 45 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2020 | 100 |
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