Song · Tame Impala
“Eventually” by Tame Impala
From the album Currents (2015)
“Eventually” by Tame Impala appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2015 and 2024. It was first released in 2015 on the album Currents. Its best result is #34 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #222 alternative song of 2015.
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"Eventually" is the fifth track on Currents, Tame Impala's 2015 album, and Kevin Parker did it all himself: wrote it, sang it, played it, recorded it, produced and mixed it. It went out first as a promo track in May 2015, the day the album was announced, and a radio edit followed that June as the record's third single.
Parker has explained what it's about, and it's a rough one: knowing you're about to hurt someone badly, and clinging to the far-off hope that they'll come through it in time, even though they won't be fine any time soon. That ache rides the whole slow, swooning track. It was shortlisted for Song of the Year at the 2016 APRA Music Awards and went gold in Australia in 2020.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 51 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
| 2015 | 34 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2015 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1578 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2024 | 583 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
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