Song · Biffy Clyro
“Mountains” by Biffy Clyro
From the album Only Revolutions (2009)
“Mountains” by Biffy Clyro appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2010. It was first released in 2009 on the album Only Revolutions. Its best result is #78 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #661 alternative song of 2010.
"Mountains" came out as a stand-alone single on 18 August 2008, and Biffy Clyro only gave it a home on an album the following year, when it landed on their fifth, Only Revolutions, in 2009. Simon Neil wrote it, words and music, under the working title "Teeth or Mountains", and it was first aired live in Getafe, Spain, at the Electric Festival on 30 May 2008. The band produced it with Garth Richardson, Jamie Muhoberac added piano, Ben Kaplan and David Schiffman engineered, and Andy Wallace mixed.
It gave the Scottish band the highest-charting single of their career in the UK, where it climbed to number five, and it went to the top in Scotland, their third number one there. Abroad it reached 42 in Ireland and 55 in Australia.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 78 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 | 101 |
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