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“Bored To Death” by blink-182
From the album California (2016)
“Bored To Death” by blink-182 appears on 19 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 2016 and 2026. It was first released in 2016 on the album California. Its best result is #4 on the X96 Top 50 Songs of 2016. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #3 alternative song of 2016, #4,401 alternative song of all time and #131 of the '10s.
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"Bored to Death" was the first word from blink-182's seventh album, California, when it arrived as the lead single on April 27, 2016, and it was a big one: the band's first single with Matt Skiba on guitar and vocals, and the first without Tom DeLonge. Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker and Skiba wrote it with producer John Feldmann, starting it on their very first day writing together, and it bounces along on that classic mix of sugar and gloom, Hoppus's nasal ache over Barker's rattling drums.
Critics heard the band's older sound in it, and it topped Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, their first number one there in 12 years. Rob Soucy's video follows a bored teenager daydreaming about a girl in class. It has stayed in the set on every tour since, even after DeLonge came back in 2022.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 9 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2016 | 91 |
| 2016 | 7 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 25 Songs of 2016 | 26 |
| 2016 | 58 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2016 | 103 |
| 2016 | 8 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2016 | 99 |
| 2016 | 30 | SiriusXM Alt Nation National (SiriusXM satellite radio) | SiriusXM Alt Nation's 36 Biggest Alternative Songs of 2016 | 36 |
| 2016 | 4 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2016 | 50 |
| 2016 | 21 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2016 | 117 |
| 2016 | 6 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2016 | 88 |
| 2016 | 33 | 96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS | 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2016 | 96 |
| 2016 | 54 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2016 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 50 | 103.3 The Edge | 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade | 103 |
| 2019 | 73 | 93X | 93X Top 93 Songs of the Decade (2010s) | 93 |
| 2019 | 85 | ALT 98.7 | ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade | 98 |
| 2019 | 348 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2020 | 84 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade | 99 |
| 2020 | 55 | X96 | X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade | 100 |
| 2022 | 403 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2023 | 370 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
| 2026 | 459 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
Also listed as: Bored to Death.
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