Song · Alkaline Trio
“Mercy Me” by Alkaline Trio
From the album Crimson (2005)
“Mercy Me” by Alkaline Trio appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2005 and 2006. It was first released in 2005 on the album Crimson. Its best result is #40 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #290 alternative song of 2005.
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"Mercy Me" was the second single from Crimson, the 2005 album the Chicago band Alkaline Trio made for Vagrant with Jerry Finn producing and Ryan Hewitt engineering. Matt Skiba, Dan Andriano and Derek Grant wrote it together, and Skiba and Andriano share the lead vocal over Skiba's guitar, Andriano's bass and Grant's drums.
It's a sleek, dark-hearted slab of punk rock with the hooks polished to a shine. The single made number 30 in the UK, and it came with extras for the faithful: a CD with an acoustic "Private Eye" and the session outtake "Buried", and a pair of seven-inches backed with acoustic takes on "This Could Be Love" and "Crawl". Ben Goldman directed the video, and the song later showed up in the video game Flatout 2 and as downloadable content for Rock Band 4.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 40 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2005 | 91 |
| 2005 | 96 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2005 | 100 |
| 2005 | 310 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
| 2006 | 66 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2006 | 88 |
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