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“Wearing My Rolex” by Wiley
From the album See Clear Now (2008)
“Wearing My Rolex” by Wiley appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2008. It was first released in 2008 on the album See Clear Now. Its best result is #95 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #649 alternative song of 2008.
Wiley's "Wearing My Rolex" came out on Asylum in 2008 before landing on his album See Clear Now, and BBC Radio 1Xtra summed it up as "grime-meets-electro": grime gatecrashing the rave. Bow producer Bless Beats produced it, the track samples DSK's "What Would We Do", and it went all the way to number two on the UK Singles Chart.
The story behind it is only a rumor: a long late-night poker game with the occultist David Myatt, in which Wiley lost the watch of the title. The song had an odd afterlife on stage, too, sung a cappella as gangsta rap by the cast of Laura Wade's play Posh at the Royal Court Theatre, and Pitchfork later put it at 284 in its Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 95 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 | 100 |
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