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“Heart in a Cage” by The Strokes
From the album First Impressions of Earth (2005)
“Heart in a Cage” by The Strokes appears on 17 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2006 and 2014. It was first released in 2005 on the album First Impressions of Earth. Its best result is #24 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #83 alternative song of 2006 and #2,728 alternative song of all time.
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"Heart in a Cage" was the second single from First Impressions of Earth, the Strokes' third album, and a Julian Casablancas song through and through. David Kahne produced and engineered it and Andy Wallace mixed it, and it's a hard, heavy stomp, the guitars grinding away like they're trying to break out of the title's enclosure.
Casablancas sounds trapped and restless over the top, and the whole thing lurches forward with real menace. The single came out in the UK in March 2006, and one of its B-sides was the band's take on the Ramones' "Life's a Gas", with bits of two more Ramones songs folded in.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 81 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2006 | 107 |
| 2006 | 76 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2006 | 106 |
| 2006 | 69 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2006 | 100 |
| 2006 | 24 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 | 101 |
| 2006 | 84 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 88.5 Songs of 2006 | 89 |
| 2006 | 84 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2006 | 102 |
| 2006 | 87 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2006 | 88 |
| 2006 | 73 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2006 | 103 |
| 2006 | 50 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006 | 100 |
| 2006 | 92 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2006 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 937 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1190 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1190 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1227 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1280 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1311 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1358 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
Also listed as: Heart In A Cage.
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