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“circle the drain” by Soccer Mommy
From the album Color Theory (2020)
“circle the drain” by Soccer Mommy appears on 12 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2020 and 2026. It was first released in 2020 on the album Color Theory. Its best result is #4 on the Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2020. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #14 indie & aaa song of 2020, #2,539 indie & aaa song of all time and #111 of the '20s.
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"circle the drain" was the first taste of Color Theory, Soccer Mommy's second album, sent out on Loma Vista on January 14, 2020, and it's a sly trick of a song. Sophie Allison wrote it about depressive episodes and the urge to shut herself away, then dressed it up bright and poppy, which she has described as a strange kind of cry for help: fighting to stay level, feeling the pull of the spiral, half laughing at it.
Gabe Wax produced and recorded it, and the arrangement shimmers: Allison on acoustic and electric guitars, Julian Powell adding electric and 12-string, Graeme Goetz on bass and synthesizer, Ryan Elwell on drums, with Wax and Rodrigo Avendano working samplers. Lars Stalfors mixed it. Atiba Jefferson's video sends Allison off to hang out with skateboarders in Palm Springs, and in February she played it on Jimmy Kimmel Live! alongside "Lucy".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 73 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2020 | 90 |
| 2020 | 10 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2020 | 89 |
| 2020 | 72 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2020 | 100 |
| 2020 | 8 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2020 | 103 |
| 2020 | 30 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2020 | 90 |
| 2020 | 4 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2020 | 199 |
| 2020 | 12 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2020 | 89 |
| 2020 | 18 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2020 | 88 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 859 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2022 | 1312 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2024 | 215 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2026 | 384 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
Also listed as: Circle the Drain; Circle The Drain.
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