# Erik Satie — Every Record We Rank

Erik Satie appears 3 times in our Impressionism list, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 3
- **Appears on:** Impressionism
- **Years:** 1888–1917
- **Highest placing:** No. 2 in Impressionism
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/erik-satie/

## Appears on

### [Musique d'ameublement](https://waxonia.com/track/erik-satie--musique-dameublement/)

*1917 · No. 2 in [Impressionism](https://waxonia.com/genre/impressionism/)*

Furniture music, written to be ignored, and Satie ran around the interval shouting at the audience to keep talking. Eno's ambient manifesto is essentially a restatement of this joke, taken seriously.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Erik%20Satie%20Musique%20d'ameublement) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=4II7gjFrjs8)

### [Vexations](https://waxonia.com/track/erik-satie--vexations/)

*1893 · No. 3 in [Impressionism](https://waxonia.com/genre/impressionism/)*

A page of music with an instruction to play it 840 times. The first minimalist piece by six decades, and the first to understand that duration is itself the material.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Erik%20Satie%20Vexations) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=sKKxt4KacRo)

### [Gymnopédie No. 1](https://waxonia.com/track/erik-satie--gymnopedie-no-1/)

*1888 · No. 6 in [Impressionism](https://waxonia.com/genre/impressionism/)*

Three chords rocking gently and a tune that refuses to arrive anywhere. Too familiar to hear properly, and still the template for every piece of music designed to occupy a room quietly.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Erik%20Satie%20Gymnop%C3%A9die%20No.%201) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=EaTjt_iIs2s)

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