Song · 30 Seconds to Mars
“Attack” by 30 Seconds to Mars
From the album A Beautiful Lie (2005)
“Attack” by 30 Seconds to Mars appears on 8 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2005 and 2014. It was first released in 2005 on the album A Beautiful Lie. Its best result is #18 on the X96 Top 50 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #113 alternative song of 2005 and #7,744 alternative song of all time.
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Jared Leto wrote "Attack" alone, words and music, and 30 Seconds to Mars made it the first single from their second album, A Beautiful Lie, in 2005. It's a song about rebirth, about starting over clean, and it charges at the idea with everything turned up. Reviewers singled out the energetic keyboards, the huge, abrasive guitars and a vocal that sticks; Josh Abraham co-produced with the band, Tom Lord-Alge mixed, and OliGee chipped in extra synthesizer.
The band premiered it on Fuse's Daily Download, and alternative radio pounced: it was the format's most added track in its first week and went top 30 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart. Europe took two years to catch up. The video, shot in an abandoned Hollywood hotel, hides messages in every frame.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 67 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2005 | 99 |
| 2005 | 95 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2005 | 106 |
| 2005 | 73 | Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2005 | 105 |
| 2005 | 18 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2005 | 50 |
| 2005 | 60 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2005 | 100 |
| 2005 | 79 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 52 | 94.1 The Zone | 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade | 210 |
| 2014 | 500 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) | 500 |
Also listed as: ATtack.
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