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“Hands Down” by Dashboard Confessional

From the EP So Impossible (2001)

“Hands Down” by Dashboard Confessional appears on 28 radio countdowns from 22 stations between 2003 and 2022. It was first released in 2001 on the EP So Impossible. Its best result is #6 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #22 alternative song of 2003, #5,122 alternative song of all time and #170 of the '00s.

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#6best position
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2003–2022years charted

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Chris Carrabba first cut "Hands Down" for Dashboard Confessional's acoustic So Impossible EP, released on Vagrant in 2001, and it's about as personal as he gets: the story of a date he had in his late teens or early twenties, which he has called the best day and the best date of his life, and which he introduces that way on stage.

Two years later he recorded it again, this time with a full band, as the lead single from A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar, and it went to radio on July 15, 2003. The song gains muscle in the process, all ringing guitars and a chorus built for crowds to shout back, but it keeps the wide-eyed, can't-believe-my-luck giddiness that made the acoustic original so disarming.

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#StationCountdownof
2003 35 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003 107
2003 27 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2003 91
2003 72 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003 106
2003 66 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 40 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003 100
2003 58 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2003 92
2003 20 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2003 89
2003 24 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 15 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 41 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2003 102
2003 28 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2003 99
2003 33 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003 105
2003 38 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 50 Songs of 2003 50
2003 9 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003 103
2003 21 102.1 The Edge Dallas-Fort Worth, TX KDGE Top 102 Songs of 2003 102
2003 70 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2003 103
2003 42 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003 104
2003 6 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2003 196
2003 51 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2004 33 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2004 105
2004 81 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2004 88

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2003 1929 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1929 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 167 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 33 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium 96
2005 1917 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2009 70 WFNX WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 2009) 101
2022 361 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907

Charting alongside it in 2003

Best songs of 2003 →
  1. 1Seven Nation ArmyThe White Stripes
  2. 2Like a StoneAudioslave
  3. 3Bring Me to LifeEvanescence
  4. 4Somewhere I BelongLinkin Park
  5. 5Times Like TheseFoo Fighters
  6. 6Weak and PowerlessA Perfect Circle

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