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“Greek Tragedy” by Wombats
From the album Glitterbug (2015)
“Greek Tragedy” by Wombats appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2015 and 2020. It was first released in 2015 on the album Glitterbug. Its best result is #29 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #95 alternative song of 2015.
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"Greek Tragedy" was the second single from Glitterbug, the Wombats' third studio album, and it arrived in the UK in January 2015 with a bang: Zane Lowe played it on BBC Radio 1 as his Hottest Record in the World. Matthew Murphy, Dan Haggis and Tord Øverland Knudsen wrote and produced it themselves, with Mark Crew sharing the production, and Bastille put out an official remix later that month.
Its second life came from somewhere nobody planned. In 2020 the Swedish producer Oliver Nelson posted a remix on TikTok, it became a slow-burning viral hit, and listeners went back and streamed the original version on Spotify all over again. The band answered in January 2021 with an official video for the remix, animated by Australian artist Jamie Mac.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 67 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2015 | 103 |
| 2015 | 101 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2015 | 103 |
| 2015 | 29 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2015 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 86 | Triple J | Triple J Hottest 100 of the 2010s (2020) | 100 |
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