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“Feels Like We Only Go Backwards” by Tame Impala
From the album Lonerism (2012)
“Feels Like We Only Go Backwards” by Tame Impala appears on 10 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2012 and 2026. It was first released in 2012 on the album Lonerism. Its best result is #9 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #145 alternative song of 2012.
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"Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" arrived in October 2012 as the second single from Tame Impala's Lonerism, where it sits at track seven. Kevin Parker is the whole show here: he wrote it, played it, sang it, recorded it and produced it, with Dave Fridmann handling the mix.
Parker has said a Beach House song, "Walk in the Park", set him off, and you can hear that band's haze in it, all woozy keyboards, a loping, stoned drum groove and that high, fragile voice going round and round in a lovely loop of frustration. Leif Podhajsky, who had done the cover for Innerspeaker, made the single's artwork, and the song was named Single of the Year at the 2013 West Australian Music Industry Awards.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 52 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2012 | 200 |
| 2012 | 9 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2012 | 100 |
| 2014 | 37 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2014 | 91 |
| 2014 | 64 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2014 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 426 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2019 | 168 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2020 | 65 | Triple J | Triple J Hottest 100 of the 2010s (2020) | 100 |
| 2024 | 509 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 665 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2026 | 1087 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
Also listed as: Feels Like We Only Go Backward.
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