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“Conqueror” by Aurora
From the album All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend (2016)
“Conqueror” by Aurora appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations in 2016. It was first released in 2016 on the album All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend. Its best result is #72 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2016. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #247 alternative song of 2016.
Aurora hears "Conqueror" as the contrast on All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend, the one song on it that is, in her words, actually a bit happy. Back in 2013 she and a few of her bandmates wrote it purely for fun, and the credit is shared with Geir Luedy, Odd Martin Skålnes and Magnus Åserud Skylstad. It went out worldwide in January 2016 as the album's fifth single.
It's Scandipop cut with synth-pop and electropop, drums clattering toward a big euphoric chorus, and there's a message under the rush: when the world is falling apart, stop waiting for someone else to save you and find the conqueror in yourself. Skålnes and Skylstad produced and recorded it and between them play drums, percussion, bass and piano, with Pete Davis on keyboard, Alf Lund Godbolt on synthesizer and Jeremy Wheatley adding production and mixing.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 93 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2016 | 103 |
| 2016 | 84 | 96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS | 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2016 | 96 |
| 2016 | 72 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2016 | 103 |
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