Song · Sleater-Kinney
“Entertain” by Sleater-Kinney
From the album The Woods (2005)
“Entertain” by Sleater-Kinney appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2005 and 2024. It was first released in 2005 on the album The Woods. Its best result is #50 on the Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #177 alternative song of 2005.
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"Entertain" came out as a single on May 10, 2005, two weeks ahead of The Woods, Sleater-Kinney's seventh studio album and their first for Sub Pop. Dave Fridmann produced the record at Tarbox Road Studios in Cassadaga, New York, over November and December 2004, and he chased the band's stage sound by tracking much of it live in the room, layering on only the vocals and some guitars afterward.
That's the frame for this one: Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker on guitars and vocals, Janet Weiss drumming and adding backing vocals, and Fridmann recording and mixing the whole blast himself. The writing is credited to the band as a unit, and it plays like three people daring the room to keep up.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 105 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2005 | 106 |
| 2005 | 50 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 | 150 |
| 2005 | 60 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2005 | 230 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 774 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
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