Song · Daft Punk
“Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” by Daft Punk
From the album Discovery (2001)
“Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” by Daft Punk appears on 8 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2007 and 2026. It was first released in 2001 on the album Discovery. Its best result is #7 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #181 alternative song of 2007.
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Daft Punk released "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" on 13 October 2001, the fourth single pulled off Discovery, their second album. Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo built it on a springy keyboard riff sampled from "Cola Bottle Baby", a 1979 funk track by Edwin Birdsong, who shares the writing credit and later recalled the French pair telling him the record simply popped out while they were digging through the bins. The vocals run through a vocoder, all cool machine precision, and the whole thing struts along in F-sharp minor.
The live version from Alive 2007 later won the Grammy for Best Dance Recording in 2009, and in 2011 NME placed the song at 132 on its list of the best tracks of the previous 15 years.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 7 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 91 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2013 | 65 | Triple J | Triple J Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years (2013) | 100 |
| 2022 | 103 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 358 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 840 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 322 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2026 | 1067 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
Also listed as: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Alive 2007); Harder Better Faster Stronger; Harder Better Faster Strong; Harder, Better, Faster, Strong.
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