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Cover of Holiday EP by AWOLNATION
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“Not Your Fault” by AWOLNATION

From the EP Holiday EP (2011)

“Not Your Fault” by AWOLNATION appears on 27 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 2011 and 2026. It was first released in 2011 on the EP Holiday EP. Its best result is #8 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #78 alternative song of 2011, #3,065 alternative song of all time and #154 of the '10s.

27countdowns
18stations
#8best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
2011–2026years charted

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AWOLNATION - Not Your Fault (Official Music Video)

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"Not Your Fault" is Aaron Bruno's song, written by the AWOLNATION frontman and cut by the band for their debut album Megalithic Symphony, where it sits as the twelfth track. It also turned up on the Holiday EP for Red Bull Records, and it went out to American modern rock radio on October 17, 2011.

It's a jittery, big-chorused alt-rock stomper, and it climbed to number three on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart and 11 on Rock Songs. The video is the real fun: a riot of pixilation, clay animation and stop motion in the spirit of Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer", with a claymation Bruno and his band battling monsters and rescuing a girl along the way. A 3D cut even landed on the Nintendo 3DS video service.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2011 39 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2011 89
2011 51 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2011 102
2011 70 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2011 99
2011 55 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2011 98
2011 68 89.9 WLCA St. Louis, MO WLCA Top 89 of 2011 89
2011 8 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2011 88
2011 48 KFMA Tucson, AZ KFMA Top 50 Songs of 2011 50
2011 87 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 97X Top 97 of 2011 97
2011 93 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2011 105
2011 72 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2011 94
2011 81 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2011 103
2011 65 WBRU Providence, RI WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2011 96
2012 44 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 50 Songs of 2012 50
2012 65 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2012 91
2012 47 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2012 103
2012 32 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2012 99
2012 62 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2012 88
2012 18 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 97X Top 97 Songs of 2012 97
2012 18 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2012 50

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2013 1590 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1385 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 283 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 282 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 384 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2022 428 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2023 340 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2026 483 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

Charting alongside it in 2011

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  6. 6Rolling in the DeepAdele

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