Song · The xx
“VCR” by The xx
From the album xx (2009)
“VCR” by The xx appears on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2010 and 2025. It was first released in 2009 on the album xx. Its best result is #43 (tie) on the WBER Listener Countdown 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #374 alternative song of 2011.
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"VCR" is a hushed, intimate moment on xx, the 2009 debut from the English band the xx, and it got a second life as the album's fourth single in January 2010. Romy and Oliver Sim wrote the words, and the vocal credits go to Romy, Sim and Baria Qureshi, with Qureshi on keyboard, Romy on guitar, Sim on bass and Jamie xx programming a drum machine.
Jamie xx produced it and mixed it with engineer Rodaidh McDonald, and every part sits in its own pocket of air, the silence doing half the talking. The song turned up in the Lie to Me episode "Black Friday", and Robert Christgau ranked it the year's tenth-best 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 | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 55 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2010 | 88 |
| 2011 | 43 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2011 | 111 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 586 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2022 | 618 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2025 | 595 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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