- VIRUS – Vanity Fear (1)
- FIRE FOR YOU – Cannons (3)
- CAN YOU FEEL THE SUN – MISSIO (4)
- CAN I BELIEVE YOU – Fleet Foxes (2)
- THINK I’M CRAZY – Two Feet (5)
- SKIN AND BONES – Cage the Elephant (6)
- TROUBLE’S COMING – Royal Blood (7)
- DIRTY – grandson (8)
- LEAVE ME ALONE – I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME (9)
- THEREFORE I AM – Billie Eilish (11)
- HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals (12)
- 1ST TIME – Bakar (13)
- THE ADULTS ARE TALKING – The Strokes (15)
- LEVITATING – Dua Lipa featuing DaBaby (18)
- SOFIA – Clairo (16)
- COLD – Chris Stapleton (17)
- MARIPOSA – Peach Tree Rascals (10) 20th week on list
- HEADSTART – Jade Bird (19)
- BROKEN PEOPLE – almost monday (21)
- SATISFIED – Skar de Line (22)
- SLEEP – The Frontier (23)
- ALL ABOUT YOU – The Knocks featuring Foster the People (24)
- THE BANDIT – Kings of Leon (29)
- SHAME SHAME – Foo Fighters (14)
- FIRE – Two Feet (30)
- SHAME – Saboteurs (28)
- DRIVERS LICENSE – Olivia Rodrigo (N)
- VISITOR – Of Monsters and Men (20)
- MY EX’S BEST FRIEND – Machine Gun Kelly & blackbear (N)
- GOOD DAYS – SZA (N)
Tag: Cage the Elephant
Top 30 Songs for January 24-30, 2021
- VIRUS – Vanity Fear (2)
- CAN I BELIEVE YOU – Fleet Foxes (1)
- FIRE FOR YOU – Cannons (4)
- CAN YOU FEEL THE SUN – MISSIO (5)
- THINK I’M CRAZY – Two Feet (3)
- SKIN AND BONES – Cage the Elephant (8)
- TROUBLE’S COMING – Royal Blood (9)
- DIRTY – grandson (10)
- LEAVE ME ALONE – I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME (11)
- MARIPOSA – Peach Tree Rascals (6)
- THEREFORE I AM – Billie Eilish (12)
- HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals (13)
- 1ST TIME – Bakar (14)
- SHAME SHAME – Foo Fighters (7)
- THE ADULTS ARE TALKING – The Strokes (16)
- SOFIA – Clairo (17)
- COLD – Chris Stapleton (18)
- LEVITATING – Dua Lipa featuring DaBaby (N)
- HEADSTART – Jade Bird (23)
- VISITOR – Of Monsters and Men (15)
- BROKEN PEOPLE – almost monday (24)
- SATISFIED – Skar de Line (25)
- SLEEP – The Frontier (28)
- ALL ABOUT YOU – The Knocks featuring Foster the People (29)
- IS IT TRUE – Tame Impala (20) 22nd week on list
- SURVIVIN’ – Bastille (22)
- ARE YOU BORED YET? – Wallows featuring Clairo (19)
- SHAME – Saboteurs (30)
- THE BANDIT – Kings of Leon (N)
- FIRE – Two Feet (N)
Top 30 Songs for January 17-23, 2021
- CAN I BELIEVE YOU – Fleet Foxes (1) 3rd week #1
- VIRUS – Vanity Fear (3)
- THINK I’M CRAZY – Two Feet (4)
- FIRE FOR YOU – Cannons (5)
- CAN YOU FEEL THE SUN – MISSIO (6)
- MARIPOSA – Peach Tree Rascals (2)
- SHAME SHAME – Foo Fighters (7)
- SKIN AND BONES – Cage the Elephant (9)
- TROUBLE’S COMING – Royal Blood (10)
- DIRTY – grandson (11)
- LEAVE ME ALONE – I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME (12)
- THEREFORE I AM – Billie Eilish (13)
- HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals (14)
- 1ST TIME – Bakar (15)
- VISITOR – Of Monsters and Men (8)
- THE ADULTS ARE TALKING – The Strokes (19)
- SOFIA – Clairo (20)
- COLD – Chris Stapleton (22)
- ARE YOU BORED YET? – Wallows featuring Clairo (16)
- IS IT TRUE – Tame Impala (17) 21st week on list
- BLOODY VALENTINE – Machine Gun Kelly (18)
- SURVIVIN’ – Bastille (21)
- HEADSTART – Jade Bird (23)
- BROKEN PEOPLE – almost monday (24)
- SATISFIED – Skar de Line (27)
- MY WAY, SOON – Greta Van Fleet (26)
- MOOD – 24kGoldn featuring iann dior (25)
- SLEEP – The Frontier (30)
- ALL ABOUT YOU – The Knocks featuring Foster the People (N)
- SHAME – Saboteurs (N)
Top 30 Songs for January 10-16, 2021
- CAN I BELIEVE YOU – Fleet Foxes (1)
- MARIPOSA – Peach Tree Rascals (2)
- VIRUS – Vanity Fear (4)
- THINK I’M CRAZY – Two Feet (5)
- FIRE FOR YOU – Cannons (6)
- CAN YOU FEEL THE SUN – MISSIO (9)
- SHAME SHAME – Foo Fighters (7)
- VISITOR – Of Monsters and Men (3)
- SKIN AND BONES – Cage the Elephant (10)
- TROUBLE’S COMING – Royal Blood (11)
- DIRTY – grandson (14)
- LEAVE ME ALONE – I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME (15)
- THEREFORE I AM – Billie Eilish (16)
- HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals (17)
- 1ST TIME – Bakar (18)
- ARE YOU BORED YET? – Wallows featuring Clairo (8)
- IS IT TRUE – Tame Impala (12) 20th week on list
- BLOODY VALENTINE – Machine Gun Kelly (13)
- THE ADULTS ARE TALKING – The Strokes (23)
- SOFIA – Clairo (24)
- SURVIVIN’ – Bastille (22)
- COLD – Chris Stapleton (30)
- HEADSTART – Jade Bird (25)
- BROKEN PEOPLE – almost monday (27)
- MOOD – 24kGoldn featuring iann dior (19)
- MY WAY, SOON – Greta Van Fleet (28)
- SATISFIED – Skar de Line (29)
- IDENTICAL – Phoenix (20)
- BURN THE VISION – Amongst Liars (21)
- SLEEP – The Frontier (N)
Top 30 Songs for January 3-9, 2021
- CAN I BELIEVE YOU – Fleet Foxes (2)
- MARIPOSA – Peach Tree Rascals (1)
- VISITOR – Of Monsters and Men (3)
- VIRUS – Vanity Fear (5)
- THINK I’M CRAZY – Two Feet (6)
- FIRE FOR YOU – Cannons (7)
- SHAME SHAME – Foo Fighters (10)
- ARE YOU BORED YET? – Wallows featuring Clairo (4)
- CAN YOU FEEL THE SUN – MISSIO (14)
- SKIN AND BONES – Cage the Elephant (12)
- TROUBLE’S COMING – Royal Blood (13)
- IS IT TRUE – Tame Impala (8)
- BLOODY VALENTINE – Machine Gun Kelly (9)
- DIRTY – grandson (17)
- LEAVE ME ALONE – I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME (18)
- THEREFORE I AM – Billie Eilish (19)
- HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals (20)
- 1ST TIME – Bakar (23)
- MOOD – 24kGoldn featuring iann dior (11)
- IDENTICAL – Phoenix (15)
- BURN THE VISION – Amongst Liars (16)
- SURVIVIN’ – Bastille (23)
- THE ADULTS ARE TALKING – The Strokes (24)
- SOFIA – Clairo (26)
- HEADSTART – Jade Bird (27)
- LETTER TO YOU – Bruce Springsteen (22)
- BROKEN PEOPLE – almost monday (28)
- MY WAY, SOON – Greta Van Fleet (29)
- SATISFIED – Skar de Line (30)
- COLD – Chris Stapleton (N)
Top 30 Songs for Dec. 27, 2020-Jan. 2, 2021
- MARIPOSA – Peach Tree Rascals (1)
- CAN I BELIEVE YOU – Fleet Foxes (4)
- VISITOR – Of Monsters and Men (3)
- ARE YOU BORED YET? – Wallows featuring Clairo (2)
- VIRUS – Vanity Fear (8)
- THINK I’M CRAZY – Two Feet (9)
- FIRE FOR YOU – Cannons (10)
- IS IT TRUE – Tame Impala (5)
- BLOODY VALENTINE – Machine Gun Kelly (6)
- SHAME SHAME – Foo Fighters (16)
- MOOD – 24kGoldn featuring iann dior (7)
- SKIN AND BONES – Cage the Elephant (14)
- TROUBLE’S COMING – Royal Blood (15)
- CAN YOU FEEL THE SUN – MISSIO (19)
- IDENTICAL – Phoenix (11)
- BURN THE VISION – Amongst Liars (12)
- DIRTY – grandson (18)
- LEAVE ME ALONE – I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME (20)
- THEREFORE I AM – Billie Eilish (21)
- HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals (22)
- 1ST TIME – Bakar (23)
- LETTER TO YOU – Bruce Springsteen (13)
- SURVIVIN’ – Bastille (25)
- THE ADULTS ARE TALKING – The Strokes (26)
- NERVOUS – Au Gres (17)
- SOFIA – Clairo (29)
- HEADSTART – Jade Bird (30)
- BROKEN PEOPLE – almost monday (N)
- MY WAY, SOON – Greta Van Fleet (N)
- SATISFIED – Skar de Line (N)
Top 30 Songs for December 20-26, 2020
- MARIPOSA – Peach Tree Rascals (2)
- ARE YOU BORED YET? – Wallows featuring Clairo (1)
- VISITOR – Of Monsters and Men (6)
- CAN I BELIEVE YOU – Fleet Foxes (7)
- IS IT TRUE – Tame Impala (3)
- BLOODY VALENTINE – Machine Gun Kelly (4)
- MOOD – 24kGoldn featuring iann dior (5)
- VIRUS – Vanity Fear (9)
- THINK I’M CRAZY – Two Feet (10)
- FIRE FOR YOU – Cannons (11)
- IDENTICAL – Phoenix (8)
- BURN THE VISION – Amongst Liars (12)
- LETTER TO YOU – Bruce Springsteen (13)
- SKIN AND BONES – Cage the Elephant (15)
- TROUBLE’S COMING – Royal Blood (16)
- SHAME SHAME – Foo Fighters (17)
- NERVOUS – Au Gres (18)
- DIRTY – grandson (19)
- CAN YOU FEEL THE SUN – MISSIO (20)
- LEAVE ME ALONE – I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME (23)
- THEREFORE I AM – Billie Eilish (24)
- HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals (25)
- 1ST TIME – Bakar (27)
- DOWNS – Roadkeeper (14) 21st week on list
- SURVIVIN’ – Bastille (26)
- THE ADULTS ARE TALKING – The Strokes (28)
- GIANTS – Dermot Kennedy (21)
- COME & GO – Juice WRLD featuring Marshmello (22)
- SOFIA – Clairo (N)
- HEADSTART – Jade Bird (N)
Top 30 Songs for December 13-19, 2020
- ARE YOU BORED YET? – Wallows featuring Clairo (1)
- MARIPOSA – Peach Tree Rascals (4)
- IS IT TRUE – Tame Impala (2)
- BLOODY VALENTINE – Machine Gun Kelly (3)
- MOOD – 24kGoldn featuring iann dior (5)
- VISITOR – Of Monsters and Men (7)
- CAN I BELIEVE YOU – Fleet Foxes (8)
- IDENTICAL – Phoenix (6)
- VIRUS – Vanity Fear (10)
- THINK I’M CRAZY – Two Feet (12)
- FIRE FOR YOU – Cannons (11)
- BURN THE VISION – Amongst Liars (13)
- LETTER TO YOU – Bruce Springsteen (14)
- DOWNS – Roadkeeper (9) 20th week on list
- SKIN AND BONES – Cage the Elephant (17)
- TROUBLE’S COMING – Royal Blood (18)
- SHAME SHAME – Foo Fighters (19)
- NERVOUS – Au Gres (20)
- DIRTY – grandson (21)
- CAN YOU FEEL THE SUN – MISSIO (22)
- GIANTS – Dermot Kennedy (15)
- COME & GO – Juice WRLD featuring Marshmello (16)
- LEAVE ME ALONE – I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME (25)
- THEREFORE I AM – Billie Eilish (26)
- HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals (27)
- SURVIVIN’ – Bastille (28)
- 1ST TIME – Bakar (29)
- THE ADULTS ARE TALKING – The Strokes (30)
- CAN I CALL YOU TONIGHT? – Dayglow (23) 22nd week on list
- THE LET GO – Elle King (24)
Either WordPress or Spotify are being dicey, so the songs on this playlist may not be playable in certain countries.
100 Best Songs of the 2010s – #17: “Come a Little Closer” by Cage the Elephant
The song at #17 on my list of 100 Best Songs of the 2010s is “Come a Little Closer” by Cage the Elephant. The third song by the Nashville band on this list (“Trouble” ranks at #78 and “Social Cues” at #30), “Come a Little Closer” is my favorite song by them. Released in August 2013, the song is from their superb third album Melophobia, and was a huge hit on the Billboard Alternative and Adult Alternative charts, spending many weeks at #1 on both.
Though the word “melophobia” literally means “fear of music”, in an interview with American Songwriter, band front man Matt Schultz said “it wasn’t necessarily an actual fear of music, but a fear of making music to project premeditated images of self rather than being an honest communicator.” The band essentially wanted to go outside their comfort zone with the album. He was inspired to write “Come a Little Closer” one morning after watching the sunrise from his hotel room in Sao Paulo. As he looked out over the favelas, he wondered what each soul living within those crowded neighborhoods felt, whether it be heartache, love, loss or joy, and decided to write a song about the concept of looking at things more closely.
Musically, the song is a magnificent psychedelic trip, with endless melodic twists and turns that keep us on the edge of our seats, wondering what’s coming next. The instrumentals are fantastic, with a wonderful bass line and highlighted by an intriguing surf guitar that erupts into a wailing barrage in the choruses, with Shultz fervently urging us “Come a little closer, then you’ll see. Come on, come on, come on“. The wonderful psychedelic video, which was conceived and directed by Matt Schultz, shows the band on a sort of magical mystery tour, performing and traveling amidst a colorful and surreal animated world filled with monsters and wild animals.
Top 30 Songs for December 6-12, 2020
- ARE YOU BORED YET? – Wallows featuring Clairo (3)
- IS IT TRUE – Tame Impala (1)
- BLOODY VALENTINE – Machine Gun Kelly (2)
- MARIPOSA – Peach Tree Rascals (4)
- MOOD – 24kGoldn featuring iann dior (6)
- IDENTICAL – Phoenix (7)
- VISITOR – Of Monsters and Men (8)
- CAN I BELIEVE YOU – Fleet Foxes (9)
- DOWNS – Roadkeeper (5)
- VIRUS – Vanity Fear (13)
- FIRE FOR YOU – Cannons (15)
- THINK I’M CRAZY – Two Feet (16)
- BURN THE VISION – Amongst Liars (14)
- LETTER TO YOU – Bruce Springsteen (17)
- GIANTS – Dermot Kennedy (10)
- COME & GO – Juice WRLD featuring Marshmello (11)
- SKIN AND BONES – Cage the Elephant (19)
- TROUBLE’S COMING – Royal Blood (20)
- SHAME SHAME – Foo Fighters (23)
- NERVOUS – Au Gres (22)
- DIRTY – grandson (24)
- CAN YOU FEEL THE SUN – MISSIO (25)
- CAN I CALL YOU TONIGHT? – Dayglow (12) 21st week on list
- THE LET GO – Elle King (18)
- LEAVE ME ALONE – I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME (30)
- THEREFORE I AM – Billie Eilish (N)
- HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals (N)
- SURVIVIN’ – Bastille (N)
- 1ST TIME – Bakar (N)
- THE ADULTS ARE TALKING – The Strokes (N)
