Song · SAFIA
“Make Them Wheels Roll” by SAFIA
From the EP Embracing Me - EP (2016)
“Make Them Wheels Roll” by SAFIA appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2016. It was first released in 2016 on the EP Embracing Me - EP. Its best result is #26 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2016. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #172 alternative song of 2016.
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SAFIA premiered "Make Them Wheels Roll" on Triple J on 4 March 2016, and Parlophone put it out the same day as the second single from the Australian electronic group's debut album, Internal; it also sits on the Embracing Me EP. Ben Woolner explained it as a song about how people get nudged into playing their part so that society keeps ticking over, and counted it among the band's favourite things they had made.
The title's image of wheels kept turning fits that idea neatly. The song then found a second life on television, running through the second season of MTV's Scream, and Island Records reissued it with the season's soundtrack in July 2016.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 26 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2016 | 100 |
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