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“Moaning Lisa Smile” by Wolf Alice

From the EP Creature Songs (2014)

“Moaning Lisa Smile” by Wolf Alice appears on 20 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 2015 and 2026. It was first released in 2014 on the EP Creature Songs. Its best result is #12 on the CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #38 alternative song of 2021 and #241 of the '20s.

20countdowns

14stations

#12best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

2015–2026years charted

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"Moaning Lisa Smile" finds Wolf Alice baring their teeth: a 2014 single from Creature Songs, the English band's second EP, released on Dirty Hit and written by all four of them, Ellie Rowsell, Joff Oddie, Theo Ellis and Joel Amey. It's a sulky, grunge-scuffed stomp, Rowsell purring through the verses before the guitars crash in and she lets the snarl out.

America caught up a year later. The song was reissued in April 2015 as the band's first US single, with "Giant Peach" on the flip, and it landed on the American edition of their debut album, My Love Is Cool. It climbed to number nine on the Alternative Songs chart, it was the song they played for their US television debut on Conan, and it picked up a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance.

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
2015	26	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2015	91
2015	58	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2015	89
2015	12	CD101 Columbus, OH	CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2015	103
2015	53	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2015	99
2015	92	107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY	WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2015	107
2015	56	WFUV New York, NY	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2015	90
2015	53	The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2015	89
2015	62	102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2015	103
2021	42	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2021	91
2021	55	The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2021	89
2021	25	102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2021	103
2021	23	WERS 88.9 Boston, MA	WERS Top 88 Songs of 2021	88
2021	88	WXPN Philadelphia, PA	WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2021	100
2021	21	WFUV New York, NY	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2021	90
2021	53	WYEP Pittsburgh, PA	WYEP Top 91 Songs of 2021	91
2021	72	90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO	90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Most Played Songs of 2021	90
2021	33	X96 Salt Lake City, UT	X96 Top 50 Songs of 2021	50

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2022	1388	WYEP	WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022	603
2025	157	The Current	893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now	893
2026	657	KXT	KXT 917 Song Countdown	917

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