Song · Yeah Yeah Yeahs
“Sacrilege” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
From the album Mosquito (2013)
“Sacrilege” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs appears on 9 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2013 and 2025. It was first released in 2013 on the album Mosquito. Its best result is #30 on the CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2013. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #115 alternative song of 2013 and #7,478 alternative song of all time.
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"Sacrilege" arrived in February 2013 ahead of Mosquito, Yeah Yeah Yeahs' fourth album, and it's the band at its most feverish. Old collaborators Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio and Nick Launay produced it, and Craig Silvey's mix lets it climb from a slinky strut into a full-tilt revival meeting: Brian Chase's cymbals clanking away, Nick Zinner's guitar spiraling around the edges, and Karen O telling the story of falling for an angel who tumbled out of the heavens, all of it swinging like a gospel record with a wicked streak.
Pitchfork crowned it Best New Track, and when the band played it on Late Show with David Letterman that April, they brought the Broadway Inspirational Voices choir along. The French collective Megaforce directed the video, which stars Lily Cole.
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 | 30 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2013 | 103 |
| 2013 | 87 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2013 | 88 |
| 2013 | 52 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2013 | 103 |
| 2013 | 154 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2013 | 200 |
| 2013 | 30 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2013 | 89 |
| 2013 | 55 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2013 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1938 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2024 | 508 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
| 2025 | 567 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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