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“Thunder Clatter” by Wild Cub
From the album Youth (2013)
“Thunder Clatter” by Wild Cub appears on 14 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2013 and 2018. It was first released in 2013 on the album Youth. Its best result is #2 on the CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2014. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #73 alternative song of 2014.
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Wild Cub, an indie rock quintet out of Nashville, put out "Thunder Clatter" in January 2013 as the lead single from their debut album, Youth, and then waited. It didn't chart until a Bose ad campaign picked it up later that year. The band produced it with Dabney Morris and mixed it with Ephriam Nagler, and Mom + Pop released it.
Critics kept reaching for the word tropical. The Guardian's Michael Cragg heard sweet, disarming tropical pop, and Consequence of Sound's Alex Young called it a frenzied thing built for dancing, a love song driven home by guitar, bass and handclaps, and one of the two tracks on Youth you couldn't miss.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 77 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2013 | 101 |
| 2013 | 111 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2013 | 200 |
| 2014 | 2 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2014 | 103 |
| 2014 | 20 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2014 | 89 |
| 2014 | 43 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2014 | 50 |
| 2014 | 85 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2014 | 107 |
| 2014 | 3 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2014 | 100 |
| 2014 | 88 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2014 | 88 |
| 2014 | 145 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2014 | 200 |
| 2014 | 38 | 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME | WCYY Top 50 CYY Songs of 2014 | 50 |
| 2014 | 39 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2014 | 50 |
| 2014 | 36 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2014 | 51 |
| 2014 | 46 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2014 | 104 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 239 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
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