Song · Skegss
“Up in the Clouds” by Skegss
From the album My Own Mess (2018)
“Up in the Clouds” by Skegss appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2018. It was first released in 2018 on the album My Own Mess. Its best result is #11 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #90 alternative song of 2018.
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Skegss put out "Up in the Clouds" in 2018 as the first single from their debut album, My Own Mess, and it's the Australian trio at their loosest and most likeable. Toby Cregan, Jon Lani and Ben Reed wrote it together, and it's a song about not knowing where you're headed and deciding that's fine. Reed told Triple J that once the three of them figured that out, they wrote the song about it.
One reviewer praised how it balances heartfelt words against choruses built for headbanging. It kept finding listeners long after its moment, too: in 2025 it went double platinum in Australia, with sales and streams past 140,000.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 11 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2018 | 100 |
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