Song · Yeah Yeah Yeahs
“Phenomena” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
From the album Show Your Bones (2006)
“Phenomena” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2006 and 2019. It was first released in 2006 on the album Show Your Bones. Its best result is #66 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #383 alternative song of 2006.
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"Phenomena" comes from Show Your Bones, the 2006 album Yeah Yeah Yeahs made for Interscope and Polydor, and it's one of the record's darker, more hypnotic stretches. Karen O, Nick Zinner and Brian Chase share the writing credit, and the band produced it with Squeak E. Clean, with Money Mark sitting in on keyboards and Alan Moulder mixing alongside Karen O and Zinner. The refrain echoes a phrase heard on earlier records, Liquid Liquid's "Cavern" among them.
It has led a busy second life on screen, too: in the 2008 horror film The Ruins, in a Cadillac TV spot in 2013 and in the first episode of the 2015 miniseries Flesh and Bone.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 66 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 573 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
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