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“On Hold” by The xx

From the album I See You (2017)

“On Hold” by The xx appears on 19 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 2016 and 2025. It was first released in 2017 on the album I See You. Its best result is #8 (tie) on the WBER Listener Countdown 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #46 alternative song of 2017 and #387 of the '10s.

19countdowns
14stations
#8best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
2016–2025years charted

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The xx - On Hold (Official Video)

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"On Hold" was the first taste of I See You, the xx's third album, released on 10 November 2016 ahead of the record's arrival in 2017, and it finds the band loosening up and letting the light in. Jamie xx produced it with longtime collaborator Rodaidh McDonald, and he built the track around a sample of Hall & Oates's "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)", which gives it a bright, fluttering hook.

Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim pass the vocals back and forth like a conversation neither of them wants to finish, over Romy's clean guitar, Oliver's bass and Jamie's drums and synths. The band played it on Saturday Night Live that month, and it matched "Islands" as their highest-charting UK single.

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
2016 90 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2016 91
2016 32 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2016 104
2016 52 96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2016 96
2016 50 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO 90.9 The Bridge Top 100 Songs of 2016 90
2016 54 The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN The Current Top 89 Songs of 2016 89
2016 54 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2016 88
2016 20 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2016 100
2017 56 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2017 91
2017 23 WFUV New York, NY WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2017 90
2017 51 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2017 88
2017 13 WERS 88.9 Boston, MA WERS Top 88 Songs of 2017 88
2017 33 WXPN Philadelphia, PA WXPN Year in Review: Top 50 Songs of 2017 50
2017 85 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2017 200
2017 8 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2017 104

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2019 995 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2019 995 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2020 67 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Songs of Last Decade (2010s) 107
2024 817 WXPN WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) 885
2025 353 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909

Charting alongside it in 2017

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  1. 1Feel It StillPortugal. The Man
  2. 2Up All NightBeck
  3. 3The ManThe Killers
  4. 4Hot ThoughtsSpoon
  5. 5Everything NowThe Arcade Fire
  6. 6The Way You Used To DoQueens of the Stone Age

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