Song · Against Me!
“Thrash Unreal” by Against Me!
From the album New Wave (2007)
“Thrash Unreal” by Against Me! appears on 18 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2007 and 2023. It was first released in 2007 on the album New Wave. Its best result is #15 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #34 alternative song of 2007, #5,168 alternative song of all time and #400 of the '00s.
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Against Me! made "Thrash Unreal" the second single from New Wave, their fourth album, putting it out on October 10, 2007. Butch Vig produced the album and Rich Costey mixed it. Vig also gave the song its name, and it was his nudge toward something in the spirit of Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side" that got Laura Jane Grace writing it.
The result is a punk anthem with a big, bright pop hook, built around a woman Grace has said is invented, a mix of people she'd crossed paths with over the years rather than anyone real. It was the band's first single to chart in the US, reaching 11 on the Alternative Songs chart, their best showing, and in 2009 it turned up as a download for Rock Band.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 69 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2007 | 107 |
| 2007 | 23 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2007 | 91 |
| 2007 | 43 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2007 | 106 |
| 2007 | 15 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 30 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2007 | 100 |
| 2007 | 56 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2007 | 107 |
| 2007 | 27 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2007 | 102 |
| 2007 | 38 | CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC | CHOI Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 29 | KWOD Sacramento, CA | KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2007 | 106 |
| 2008 | 86 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2008 | 105 |
| 2008 | 46 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | 102.1 The Edge's Top 102 Songs of 2008 | 102 |
| 2008 | 91 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2008 | 99 |
| 2008 | 62 | 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY | 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2008 | 94 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 82 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium | 200 |
| 2014 | 390 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) | 500 |
| 2015 | 410 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) | 500 |
| 2019 | 436 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2023 | 494 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
Also listed as: Trash Unreal.
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