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“Do I Wanna Know” by Arctic Monkeys

From the album AM (2013)

“Do I Wanna Know” by Arctic Monkeys appears on 60 radio countdowns from 33 stations between 2013 and 2026. It was first released in 2013 on the album AM. Its best result is #1 on the 101X 500 (2026), and it was voted number one on five countdowns in total. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #1 alternative song of 2013, #1,754 alternative song of all time and #17 of the '10s.

60countdowns
33stations
#1best position
5#1 finishes
20top 10 finishes
2013–2026years charted

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"Do I Wanna Know?" landed in June 2013 as the second single from AM, Arctic Monkeys' fifth album, via Domino, and it's the sound of a band trading sprint for swagger. Alex Turner wrote the words, and the music belongs to the whole band. Everything hangs on one stomping, molasses-slow riff, a smoky brew of stoner, psych and blues rock, with Turner crooning his doubts over the top like a man talking himself into a bad idea.

The band had road-tested it live that May on the AM Tour, often as the opening song. It became their first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 and their real US breakthrough, got a Grammy nod for Best Rock Performance in 2015, and Guitar World later ranked it the third-best guitar riff of the decade. Its Spotify count has passed 3 billion streams.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2013 10 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 50 Songs of 2013 50
2013 2 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2013 91
2013 32 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2013 103
2013 40 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2013 99
2013 75 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2013 94
2013 6 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2013 51
2013 17 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME WCYY Year End Top 50 of 2013 50
2013 16 Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2013 40
2013 21 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 97X Top 97 of 2013 97
2013 21 WFUV New York, NY WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2013 90
2013 3 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2013 135
2013 29 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2013 107
2013 3 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2013 103
2013 1 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2013 88
2013 49 WXPN Philadelphia, PA WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2013 200
2013 8 The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN The Current Top 89 Songs of 2013 89
2013 4 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2013 100
2014 1 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2014 99
2014 27 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2014 88
2014 63 WXPN Philadelphia, PA WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2014 200
2014 10 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2014 100
2014 3 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2014 51
2014 1 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME WCYY Top 50 CYY Songs of 2014 50
2014 10 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2014 104
2014 7 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2014 50
2020 88 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 93 Songs of 2020 93

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2014 1950 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 607 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2015 271 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2017 89 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2017) 100
2019 24 102.7 WEQX WEQX Top 102.7 of the 2010's Decade 103
2019 3 93X 93X Top 93 Songs of the Decade (2010s) 93
2019 31 ALT 98.7 ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade 98
2019 5 103.3 The Edge 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade 103
2019 979 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2019 217 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2019 979 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2020 17 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Songs of Last Decade (2010s) 107
2020 31 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s 102
2020 1 The Buzz The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade 99
2020 3 Triple J Triple J Hottest 100 of the 2010s (2020) 100
2020 240 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2021 43 107.7 The End The End Obligatory Top 100 Alternative Songs of All Time (2021) 100
2021 96 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2021) 100
2022 2 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2022 446 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2022 89 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2022) 100
2023 249 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2023 142 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2023 437 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2024 708 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055
2024 406 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2024 271 KEXP The Best Opening Tracks of All Time 738
2024 153 WXPN WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) 885
2025 71 The Current 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now 893
2025 56 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909
2025 48 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) 714
2026 93 KXT KXT 917 Song Countdown 917
2026 1 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500
2026 1054 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180

Also listed as: Do I Wanna Know?.

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