The number of indie records in the Top 40 peaked in 2005. Whilst the actual number of indie hits declined in the years that followed, the number of actual Top 40 hits also declined thanks in part to the change in rules that allowed downloads.
In 2008 there were less than half the number of Top 40 hits there had been in 2005 but proportionately there was slightly more indie music. The Wombats were one of the later bands to join the indie movement in the Top 40 having made their debut the previous year.
This was Top 40 hit number four for them and all 4 hits were taken from their "A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation" album. The fact people who wanted this would have probably had the album would explain it only making number 40.
When the Wombats returned to the Top 40 2 years later the charts had moved on to being full of electropop music so the Wombats reacted to that by making an electropop record. Perhaps the title of this record gave some sort of indication towards that move.
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