The Last Man on Earth (song)

Last updated
"The Last Man on Earth"
Single by Wolf Alice
from the album Blue Weekend
Released24 February 2021 (2021-02-24)
Genre Dream pop • neo-psychedelia
Length4:21
Label
Songwriters
Producer Markus Dravs
Wolf Alice singles chronology
"Space & Time"
(2018)		"The Last Man on Earth"
(2021)		"Smile"
(2021)
Music video
"The Last Man on Earth" on YouTube

"The Last Man on Earth" is a song by English alternative rock band Wolf Alice. It was released on 24 February 2021 as the lead single for their third studio album, Blue Weekend . [1]

Contents

Background

"The Last Man on Earth" was the band's first single in almost 3 years, following an extensive tour through 2018 and early 2019 for their second album, Visions of a Life . Frontwoman Ellie Rowsell said this about the lyrics of the song:

"It's about the arrogance of humans. I'd just read Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle and I had written the line 'Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from god' in my notes. But then I thought: 'Uh, your peculiar travel suggestion isn't a dancing lesson from god, it's just a travel suggestion! Why does everything need to mean something more?'" [1]

Live performances

The band first played "The Last Man on Earth" live on 5 March 2021, as a pre-recorded video for Later... with Jools Holland . [2] A month later, on 13 April, they shared another performance of the track on their YouTube channel, in a room lit with candles and spotlights. [3]

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "The Last Man on Earth"
Chart (2021-2022)Peak
position
Mexico Ingles Airplay ( Billboard ) [4] 19
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [5] 33

Release history

Release dates and formats for "The Last Man on Earth"
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
VariousFebruary 24, 2021 Dirty Hit [1]
United StatesApril 4, 2022 Adult alternative radio RCA [6]
April 5, 2022 Alternative radio [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Trendell, Andrew (24 February 2021). "Wolf Alice return with 'The Last Man On Earth' and announce new album 'Blue Weekend'". NME . Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Richards, Will (6 March 2021). "Watch Wolf Alice give 'The Last Man On Earth' stunning live debut on 'Jools'". NME . Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Skinner, Tom (13 April 2021). "Watch Wolf Alice's magical live performance of 'The Last Man On Earth'". NME . Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Wolf Alice History (Mexico Ingles Airplay)". Billboard . Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Wolf Alice Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Triple A Future Releases". All Access. Archived from the original on March 21, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Alternative Future Releases". All Access. Archived from the original on March 18, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.