Song · Bastille
“Flaws” by Bastille
From the album Bad Blood (2012)
“Flaws” by Bastille appears on 8 radio countdowns from 8 stations in 2014. It was first released in 2012 on the album Bad Blood. Its best result is #16 on the Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2014. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #25 alternative song of 2014 and #393 of the '10s.
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"Flaws" was where Bastille started: the band's first single, released in 2011 on the independent Young and Lost Club label as a double A-side seven-inch with "Icarus", and later a part of the album Bad Blood. Dan Smith wrote it alone and produced it with Mark Crew, both of them on keyboards, with Smith on piano and vocals, Davide De Rose on drums and Mark "Spike" Stent mixing.
It rolls along in a compound quadruple meter, which gives it a lilting, rocking swing under Smith's earnest vocal. Virgin reissued it as a download in October 2012, with remixes and a new B-side, "Durban Skies", and this time it reached number 21 on the UK Singles Chart. A third release in 2014 came with a new video built from footage of the band's shows.
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 | 26 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2014 | 91 |
| 2014 | 52 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2014 | 103 |
| 2014 | 25 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2014 | 99 |
| 2014 | 34 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2014 | 107 |
| 2014 | 36 | 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME | WCYY Top 50 CYY Songs of 2014 | 50 |
| 2014 | 24 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2014 | 103 |
| 2014 | 16 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2014 | 51 |
| 2014 | 50 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2014 | 50 |
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