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“Can't Stand Me Now” by The Libertines
From the album The Libertines (2004)
“Can't Stand Me Now” by The Libertines appears on 10 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2004 and 2022. It was first released in 2004 on the album The Libertines. Its best result is #65 on the WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #379 alternative song of 2004 and #3,655 alternative song of all time.
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"Can't Stand Me Now" was the Libertines' opening shot from their self-titled second album on Rough Trade in 2004, and it became their biggest hit, reaching number two in the UK. Carl Barât and Pete Doherty wrote it with Mark Keds, credited here as Mark Hammerton, and it's the band's own soap opera set to garage rock: an autobiographical account of the bond between Doherty and Barât falling to pieces, a split that finished the band later that same year. Mick Jones produced it, and Bill Price engineered and mixed.
Boston's WFNX debuted it by spinning it twice in a row before it officially hit radio. Douglas Hart, once the bassist in the Jesus and Mary Chain, directed the video, filmed at one of their Kentish Town Forum gigs at the end of 2003.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 65 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004 | 100 |
| 2004 | 75 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1360 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1584 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1593 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1632 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1694 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1703 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1762 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2022 | 89 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
Also listed as: Cant Stand Me Now.
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