Song · Billy Talent
“The Ex” by Billy Talent
From the album Billy Talent (2003)
“The Ex” by Billy Talent appears on 3 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2004 and 2010. It was first released in 2003 on the album Billy Talent. Its best result is #26 on the CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #308 alternative song of 2004 and #6,888 alternative song of all time.
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"The Ex" was the second single Billy Talent pulled from their self-titled debut on Atlantic, a blast of Canadian post-hardcore that sounds like it was written with the fuse already lit. Gavin Brown produced it, Jacquire King recorded it, and Chris Lord-Alge mixed it with Keith Armstrong assisting, which goes some way to explaining how something this jittery and loud came out so radio-ready.
The video, released in January 2004, skips the concept-reel nonsense and just puts the band on stage. Filmmaker and ex-musician Shawn Maher directed and edited it with the group, shooting the main footage at the Capital Music Hall in Ottawa and borrowing crowd shots from the band's 2003 set for MTV2's Pepsi Breakout at MacEwan Hall in Calgary. It catches exactly the sweaty chaos you'd hope for.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 26 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004 | 102 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 174 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) | 200 |
| 2010 | 91 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium | 200 |
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