Song · Bastille
“Blame” by Bastille
From the album Wild World (2016)
“Blame” by Bastille appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations in 2017. It was first released in 2016 on the album Wild World. Its best result is #11 on the X96 Top 50 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #37 alternative song of 2017.
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"Blame" comes from Wild World, Bastille's second album, from 2016, and went out as its third single on 30 September. Dan Smith wrote it alone and produced it with Mark Crew, and he has said it was one of the first songs written for the record, one that kept growing as the band played it live over the year that followed.
Smith also pointed to it as proof that guitars had muscled their way further into the band's sound this time around. The story is pure pulp: a tense standoff between two gangsters, with nods to American History X and The Godfather. The mix credits run to Rich Costey, Mark Crew, Manny Marroquin and Mark "Spike" Stent, and Elliott Sellers directed the video, which reached YouTube on 15 December 2016.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 40 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2017 | 91 |
| 2017 | 35 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017 | 99 |
| 2017 | 11 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2017 | 50 |
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