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“Rings Around The World” by Super Furry Animals
“Rings Around The World” by Super Furry Animals appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2001. Its best result is #21 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #316 alternative song of 2001.
"(Drawing) Rings Around the World" was the second single Super Furry Animals pulled from their fifth album, which shares its name, following "Juxtapozed with U" out on Epic in October 2001 and reaching 28 on the UK Singles Chart. Singer Gruff Rhys explained that the rings in question were the ones of communication, and of pollution, that wrap the globe.
Reviewers mostly liked it and kept reaching for comparisons, from Status Quo and ELO to the Beach Boys, which says plenty about how much ground one song can cover. Pedro Romhanyi's video flips through made-up TV channels, SFA TV among them, where the band plays along; the album's DVD edition, out in July 2001, added a second video by Sean Hillen, with the lyrics crawling up the screen over a globe, plus a Llwybr Llaethog remix.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 21 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2001 | 50 |
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