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“Bat Country” by Avenged Sevenfold

From the album City of Evil (2005)

“Bat Country” by Avenged Sevenfold appears on 24 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 2005 and 2023. It was first released in 2005 on the album City of Evil. Its best result is #13 on the WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #75 alternative song of 2005, #2,885 alternative song of all time and #424 of the '00s.

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#13best position
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Avenged Sevenfold - Bat Country [Official Music Video]

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"Bat Country" came out in August 2005 as the second single from City of Evil, the third album by Avenged Sevenfold, and its title is lifted straight from Hunter S. Thompson's 1971 book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, where Raoul Duke, high on everything, sees giant bats on the drive into town.

The band wrote it and produced it with Mudrock, and Andy Wallace mixed it. It's heavy metal with punk speed and pop hooks, M. Shadows barking through drug-fried visions while Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance trade leads over The Rev's pounding. The track goes widescreen, too: the credits run to a string section, a choir and even pedal steel from Brian Haner. It paid off: "Bat Country" won the band Best New Artist in a Video at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, and the single went platinum with the RIAA and silver with the BPI.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2005 34 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2005 107
2005 53 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2005 91
2005 96 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2005 106
2005 47 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 101
2005 78 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2005 89
2005 81 CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC CHOI Top 98 Songs of 2005 98
2005 40 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2005 99
2005 13 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2005 106
2005 66 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2005 100
2005 32 ModernRock.com Online ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 400
2006 61 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2006 107
2006 77 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2006 106
2006 98 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 101
2006 41 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2006 89
2006 54 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2006 97
2006 21 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2006 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2006 294 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2010 85 WJRR WJRR Top 101 Songs of the Decade 101
2010 36 94.1 The Zone 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade 210
2013 128 KBPI KBPI Top 200 Songs of All Time 200
2014 172 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 196 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 290 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2023 321 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500

Charting alongside it in 2005

Best songs of 2005 →
  1. 1Best of YouFoo Fighters
  2. 2Feel Good Inc.Gorillaz
  3. 3Beverly HillsWeezer
  4. 4The Hand That FeedsNine Inch Nails
  5. 5HolidayGreen Day
  6. 6Speed of SoundColdplay

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