Song · Tobias Jesso Jr
“How Could You Babe” by Tobias Jesso Jr
From the album Goon (2015)
“How Could You Babe” by Tobias Jesso Jr appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2015. It was first released in 2015 on the album Goon. Its best result is #73 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #280 indie & aaa song of 2015.
"How Could You Babe" arrived on January 20, 2015 as a single, one of the songs on Goon, the debut album from Canadian songwriter Tobias Jesso Jr., issued on True Panther Sounds. Jesso wrote it by himself; Chet "JR" White produced it and Chris Coady handled the mix.
This is soft rock played straight, no winking and no irony, just a hurt title posed as a question and a songwriter willing to sound every bit as wounded as it reads. It earned its keep, too: Rolling Stone put it on its list of the 10 best songs of 2015.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 73 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2015 | 90 |
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