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“Disparate Youth” by Santigold
From the album Master of My Make‐Believe (2012)
“Disparate Youth” by Santigold appears on 13 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2012 and 2026. It was first released in 2012 on the album Master of My Make‐Believe. Its best result is #12 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #60 alternative song of 2012.
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"Disparate Youth" reached American listeners on Valentine's Day, 14 February 2012, as the first taste of Master of My Make-Believe, Santigold's second album, on Atlantic. It's a sleek, restless thing, glossy new wave keyboards cut with sudden jolts of guitar, and Santigold sings over it with a cool, almost unreadable calm that makes the whole track feel like it's being narrated from a safe distance. The Guardian's Michael Cragg picked it for the paper's New Music feature that March and called it a corker, and it's easy to hear why: it sounds like a marching song for kids who refuse to march in step.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 61 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2012 | 103 |
| 2012 | 43 | 96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS | 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2012 | 96 |
| 2012 | 58 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2012 | 103 |
| 2012 | 71 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2012 | 99 |
| 2012 | 12 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2012 | 40 |
| 2012 | 46 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2012 | 89 |
| 2012 | 82 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2012 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 464 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2019 | 633 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 633 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2024 | 848 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2025 | 588 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2026 | 635 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
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