RockLists.com
Cover of The Slow Rush by Tame Impala
Cover: The Slow Rush

Song · Tame Impala

“Lost In Yesterday” by Tame Impala

From the album The Slow Rush (2020)

“Lost In Yesterday” by Tame Impala appears on 23 radio countdowns from 21 stations between 2020 and 2026. It was first released in 2020 on the album The Slow Rush. Its best result is #2 on the Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2020. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #2 alternative song of 2020 and #2 of the '20s.

23countdowns
21stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
9top 10 finishes
2020–2026years charted

Watch

Tame Impala - Lost in Yesterday (Official Video)

Video from YouTube (tameimpalaVEVO). Pressing play loads YouTube's player. Watch on YouTube

"Lost in Yesterday" arrived on 8 January 2020 through Modular, the fourth single from The Slow Rush, Tame Impala's fourth album, and it's Kevin Parker alone at the controls: he wrote it, produced it, mixed it and played and sang every part. The engine is a fat, rubbery bassline that borrows from disco, dub and funk, and the whole track glides on it like a roller rink at golden hour.

Underneath the groove, Parker is chewing on nostalgia and the way time slips past, and he doesn't sound sure whether memory is a comfort or a trap. The directing duo Terri Timely shot the video in one continuous take, casting Parker as the singer of a wedding band at a retro 1970s reception. Triple J listeners voted it fifth in their Hottest 100 of 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#StationCountdownof
2020 10 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2020 91
2020 7 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 93 Songs of 2020 93
2020 15 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2020 104
2020 10 Indie 102.3 Denver, CO Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2020 103
2020 29 WTMD Baltimore, MD WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2020 89
2020 10 101X Austin, TX 101X Top 25 Songs of 2020 25
2020 22 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2020 107
2020 57 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2020 90
2020 33 The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN The Current Top 89 Songs of 2020 89
2020 24 WXPN Philadelphia, PA WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2020 100
2020 2 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2020 199
2020 5 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2020 88
2020 25 WFUV New York, NY WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2020 90
2020 6 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2020 103
2020 14 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2020 50
2020 19 WERS 88.9 Boston, MA WERS Top 88 Songs of 2020 88
2020 9 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA ALT 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2020 51
2020 5 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2020 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2022 332 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time 1055
2023 1042 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2024 691 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2026 306 KXT KXT 917 Song Countdown 917
2026 457 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound 1055

Also listed as: Lost in Yesterday.

Charting alongside it in 2020

Best songs of 2020 →
  1. 1Bad DecisionsThe Strokes
  2. 3CautionThe Killers
  3. 4And It's Still AlrightNathaniel Rateliff
  4. 5Black MadonnaCage The Elephant
  5. 6KyotoPhoebe Bridgers
  6. 7Letter To YouBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

Comments

Log in or create a free account to join the conversation about "Lost In Yesterday" by Tame Impala.

Be kind and stay on topic. Guidelines

No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.