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“Let's Push Things Forward” by The Streets
From the album Original Pirate Material (2002)
“Let's Push Things Forward” by The Streets appears on 19 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2002 and 2014. It was first released in 2002 on the album Original Pirate Material. Its best result is #6 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #118 alternative song of 2003 and #3,204 alternative song of all time.
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"Let's Push Things Forward" came out in April 2002 as the second single from Original Pirate Material, the debut by the Streets, which is to say English rapper and producer Mike Skinner running the whole operation himself: he produced, arranged and mixed it for Locked On Records. Kevin Mark Trail shares the mic, and the track lurches along on a jittery, lopsided beat while Skinner talks his way through it in that conversational, pint-in-hand flow.
It only got to number 30 in the UK, but it found an unlikely admirer in Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, who praised it as forward-looking and anarchic, liked its dig at the big companies and confessed its odd little timing quirks were something he'd struggle to pull off himself. The Snorri Brothers directed the video.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 81 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2002 | 224 |
| 2003 | 6 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003 | 106 |
| 2003 | 82 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 | 101 |
| 2003 | 9 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 | 101 |
| 2003 | 69 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2003 | 99 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 492 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) | 500 |
| 2003 | 1913 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1913 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 437 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) | 500 |
| 2005 | 1904 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2006 | 328 | Live 105 | Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
| 2006 | 436 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) | 499 |
| 2007 | 1493 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1612 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1624 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1667 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1731 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1797 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1858 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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