Song · Daft Punk
“Robot Rock” by Daft Punk
From the album Human After All (2005)
“Robot Rock” by Daft Punk appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2005 and 2022. It was first released in 2005 on the album Human After All. Its best result is #26 (tie) on the WBER Listener Countdown 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #272 alternative song of 2005.
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"Robot Rock" fired the opening shot for Human After All, Daft Punk's third album, as its lead single in 2005, and a video directed by and starring the French duo got out ahead of the single itself. The whole thing runs on a sample of Breakwater's "Release the Beast": a synth riff with a buzzing oscillator-sync edge, percussion and power chords on electric guitar, all credited on the sleeve and in the album's liner notes.
Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo produced it and share the composer credit with Kae Williams Jr. Bangalter has said they ran guitar pedals alongside a Moog synthesizer, and a vocoder chants the title again and again. Plenty of critics found it too repetitive next to the duo's earlier albums, though the single still reached a respectable chart position.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 26 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2005 | 230 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 89 | BBC Radio 6 Music | BBC 6 Music 100 Best Tracks Of The Last 10 Years | 100 |
| 2022 | 864 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
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