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“Superposition” by Young the Giant
From the album Mirror Master (2018)
“Superposition” by Young the Giant appears on 11 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2018 and 2026. It was first released in 2018 on the album Mirror Master. Its best result is #4 on the CD101 Top 50 Songs of 2019. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #17 alternative song of 2019, #6,984 alternative song of all time and #349 of the '10s.
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"Superposition" was the second single from Mirror Master, Young the Giant's fourth album, released through Elektra in August 2018 with John Hill producing. The band pitched it, with a straight face, as a song about quantum physics, and the sound matches the conceit: a slinky, shape-shifting groove with a charango right up front, which is almost unheard of in modern pop.
The album drew mixed notices, but this one won people over, and the band kept turning it inside out. A deconstructed "Superposition (Reprise)", cut in a single day at the Layman Drug Company Studio in Nashville, hit YouTube in January 2019, and a "Reflection" version followed that April.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 70 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2018 | 99 |
| 2018 | 62 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2018 | 107 |
| 2018 | 104 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2018 | 200 |
| 2018 | 37 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2018 | 103 |
| 2019 | 13 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2019 | 91 |
| 2019 | 4 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 50 Songs of 2019 | 50 |
| 2019 | 52 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2019 | 104 |
| 2019 | 18 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2019 | 88 |
| 2019 | 20 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2019 | 51 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 444 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2026 | 499 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
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