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“Let Forever Be” by The Chemical Brothers
From the album Surrender (1999)
“Let Forever Be” by The Chemical Brothers appears on 17 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1999 and 2023. It was first released in 1999 on the album Surrender. Its best result is #35 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #79 alternative song of 1999 and #2,769 alternative song of all time.
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"Let Forever Be" was the second single from Surrender, the Chemical Brothers' third album, in 1999, and it's the sound of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons dragging Noel Gallagher of Oasis into a psychedelic spin cycle. Gallagher co-wrote it and sings on it, though his name didn't go on the sleeve, and it wasn't the first time: he'd already teamed up with the duo on "Setting Sun".
The track is big beat at full throttle, breakbeats crashing like a drum kit falling down the stairs while a woozy melody floats over the top and the whole thing seems to spin in reverse. It gave the pair their fourth UK top-10 single, peaking at number nine, and it cracked the top 30 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 90 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 71 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999 | 91 |
| 1999 | 75 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 | 100 |
| 1999 | 67 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999 | 92 |
| 1999 | 61 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999 | 99 |
| 1999 | 55 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 82 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999 | 89 |
| 1999 | 79 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 1999 | 101 |
| 1999 | 35 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 702 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 793 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2000 | 126 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) | 500 |
| 2001 | 128 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) | 498 |
| 2002 | 438 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) | 500 |
| 2006 | 248 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) | 499 |
| 2010 | 151 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010) | 200 |
| 2023 | 592 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
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