Song · Bastille
“Bad Blood” by Bastille
From the album Bad Blood (2012)
“Bad Blood” by Bastille appears on 14 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2014 and 2026. It was first released in 2012 on the album Bad Blood. Its best result is #10 on the CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2014. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #10 alternative song of 2014, #4,140 alternative song of all time and #242 of the '10s.
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"Bad Blood" is the title track of Bastille's 2012 debut album, and it went out on Virgin as the second single from it. Dan Smith wrote the words and the music, sings it, and plays the keyboards and piano, and he produced it with Mark Crew, who added keyboards of his own and handled the mix.
It's a pop song with arena ambitions: Smith's earnest croon out front, the keys doing the heavy lifting, a chorus built to be shouted back. The video, directed by Olivier Groulx with model Betty Jacobsson, hit YouTube at the end of June 2012. The song and its B-side, a demo of "Haunt", turned up again on the band's Haunt EP in 2013, alongside "Pompeii" and "Overjoyed".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 16 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2014 | 91 |
| 2014 | 10 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2014 | 103 |
| 2014 | 11 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2014 | 99 |
| 2014 | 74 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2014 | 88 |
| 2014 | 11 | 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME | WCYY Top 50 CYY Songs of 2014 | 50 |
| 2014 | 23 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2014 | 51 |
| 2014 | 12 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2014 | 50 |
| 2014 | 14 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2014 | 107 |
| 2014 | 19 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2014 | 50 |
| 2014 | 12 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2014 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 89 | X96 | X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade | 100 |
| 2022 | 223 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2022 | 1176 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2026 | 285 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
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