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“Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1” by The Flaming Lips

From the album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)

“Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1” by The Flaming Lips appears on 30 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2005 and 2026. It was first released in 2002 on the album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. Its best result is #15 on the WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #450 alternative song of 2005 and #1,482 alternative song of all time.

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"Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1" is the title song of The Flaming Lips' 2002 album and its second single, a pocket-sized sci-fi fable sung like a lullaby. Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins and producer Dave Fridmann wrote it, and Fridmann recorded and mixed it with the band, piling blips, burbles and synthetic squeals around a melody that stays sweet and plain.

It became the album's best-charting single in Britain, reaching 18 there and landing the band their first spot on Top of the Pops. Onstage it grew into a crowd ritual, with Coyne coaxing the whole room to sing along, and in 2014 Miley Cyrus joined him to sing it at a concert. It has since turned up in Rock Band 3.

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
2005 39 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 101

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2005 385 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 1702 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 408 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 349 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2007 429 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2008 367 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 15 WYEP WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade 913
2009 368 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 28 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2010 364 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 361 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 357 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2013 340 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) 885
2014 359 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2018 891 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2019 38 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2019 111 KEXP KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time 627
2019 38 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2022 370 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2022 133 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time 1055
2023 918 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2024 230 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055
2024 392 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2024 229 WXPN WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) 885
2025 235 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909
2025 113 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) 714
2026 222 KXT KXT 917 Song Countdown 917
2026 1151 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180
2026 884 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound 1055

Also listed as: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots; Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots pt1; Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Pt. 1; Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1; Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots; Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robot.

Charting alongside it in 2005

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  1. 1Best of YouFoo Fighters
  2. 2Feel Good Inc.Gorillaz
  3. 3Beverly HillsWeezer
  4. 4The Hand That FeedsNine Inch Nails
  5. 5HolidayGreen Day
  6. 6Speed of SoundColdplay

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