Song · Billy Talent
“River Below” by Billy Talent
From the album Billy Talent (2003)
“River Below” by Billy Talent appears on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2004 and 2010. It was first released in 2003 on the album Billy Talent. Its best result is #12 on the CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #129 alternative song of 2004 and #5,084 alternative song of all time.
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"River Below" came off Billy Talent's self-titled 2003 debut on Atlantic, the third single the Canadian band pulled from it, and it's post-hardcore with the volume knob snapped clean off. Gavin Brown produced, Jacquire King recorded and Chris Lord-Alge mixed, which gives all that racket a hard, radio-ready gleam. It picked up a Single of the Year nomination at the 2005 Juno Awards.
Sean Michael Turrell's video, which premiered in July 2004, is a sly little period piece: a nuclear engineer in what looks like the 1950s, trying to think in his quiet suburban house while the band blast away in their open garage across the street. Then his television switches itself on to bomb tests and World War II footage, and the only way to shut it up is to yank the plug.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 26 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2004 | 89 |
| 2004 | 12 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004 | 102 |
| 2004 | 79 | CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC | CHOI Top 98 Songs of 2004 | 98 |
| 2004 | 78 | The Bear Ottawa, ON | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2004 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 85 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) | 200 |
| 2010 | 189 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium | 200 |
Also listed as: The River Below.
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