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“Spitting Off the Edge of the World” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs featuring Perfume Genius
From the album Cool It Down (2022) Featuring Perfume Genius
“Spitting Off the Edge of the World” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs featuring Perfume Genius appears on 10 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2022 and 2026. It was first released in 2022 on the album Cool It Down. Its best result is #1 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2022. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #32 alternative song of 2022 and #198 of the '20s.
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"Spitting Off the Edge of the World" brought Yeah Yeah Yeahs back in June 2022 as the lead single from their fifth album, Cool It Down, their first single in nine years, and they brought Perfume Genius along for it. The band wrote it with producer David Andrew Sitek, and it's a power ballad with the weight of the world on it: Karen O built the lyric out of her thoughts on the climate crisis.
It got a warm welcome. Reviewers praised it, it topped Billboard's television and digital rock charts, and it picked up a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Performance. Cody Critcheloe directed the video, which was nominated for the Libera Award for Video of the Year.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2022 | 103 |
| 2022 | 7 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2022 | 90 |
| 2022 | 1 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2022 | 106 |
| 2022 | 10 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2022 | 103 |
| 2022 | 72 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2022 | 90 |
| 2022 | 4 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2022 | 89 |
| 2022 | 23 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2022 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 536 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
| 2026 | 747 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
| 2026 | 54 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
Also listed as: Spitting off the Edge of the World (feat. Perfume Genius); Spitting Off The Edge Of The World; Spitting Off The Edge of the World; Spitting Off the Edge of the World feat. Perfume Genius; Spitting Off The Edge of The World; Spitting off the Edge of the World.
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