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“Down” by blink-182

From the album blink‐182 (2003)

“Down” by blink-182 appears on 26 radio countdowns from 19 stations between 2004 and 2014. It was first released in 2003 on the album blink‐182. Its best result is #15 on the 89X Top 89 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #44 alternative song of 2004, #3,414 alternative song of all time and #370 of the '00s.

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"Down" was the third single from blink-182's untitled 2003 album, sent to radio in May 2004, and it's the band at its most brooding. Tom DeLonge was the main writer, sharing credit with Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker, and he built the song around a picture in his head: a couple sitting in a car in the rain, caught between wanting each other and not being sure.

Jerry Finn produced, Ryan Hewitt recorded and Tom Lord-Alge mixed, and the sound is a long way from the pop-punk sprint of old: a clashing, off-kilter guitar riff, electronic textures, piano from Roger Joseph Manning Jr. and Barker's drums leaning toward drum and bass. It reached 10 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart. Estevan Oriol directed the gritty video, which puts the band at a house party while police hunt a dangerous gang member across Los Angeles.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2004 59 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2004 107
2004 55 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2004 91
2004 47 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 101
2004 65 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2004 100
2004 68 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2004 93
2004 51 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004 100
2004 15 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2004 89
2004 76 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 101
2004 53 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2004 99
2004 59 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004 102
2004 46 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2004 99
2004 86 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2004 105
2004 40 99X Atlanta, GA 99X Essential 99 of 2004 99
2004 165 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2004 227
2004 35 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2004 88
2004 92 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004 103
2004 24 WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2004 106
2004 60 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2004 100
2005 319 ModernRock.com Online ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 400

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2007 1353 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1468 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1488 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1518 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1587 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1652 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1719 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Charting alongside it in 2004

Best songs of 2004 →
  1. 1Somebody Told MeThe Killers
  2. 2American IdiotGreen Day
  3. 3Float OnModest Mouse
  4. 4Take Me OutFranz Ferdinand
  5. 5VertigoU2
  6. 6MegalomaniacIncubus

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