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“Is This It” by The Strokes
From the album Is This It (2001)
“Is This It” by The Strokes appears on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2013 and 2025. It was first released in 2001 on the album Is This It. Its best result is #38 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,645 indie & aaa song of all time and #480 of the '00s.
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The title track of the Strokes' 2001 debut album Is This It is Julian Casablancas's song through and through: he wrote it and sings it, and it shares the eye for city kids' lives and tangled relationships that runs through the whole record. Gordon Raphael produced it at Transporterraum in New York City that spring, and the band were after something plain and unvarnished, shaping the songs mostly from live takes in the room.
That's how it sounds: Albert Hammond, Jr. and Nick Valensi on guitars, Nikolai Fraiture on bass, Fabrizio Moretti on drums, nothing much added and nothing hiding. It's the band at their most languid, a loose shrug of a song with a lump in its throat.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 790 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2022 | 38 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 462 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 115 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
| 2024 | 815 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 519 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
Also listed as: Is This It?.
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