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“Screaming Infidelities” by Dashboard Confessional
From the album The Swiss Army Romance (2000)
“Screaming Infidelities” by Dashboard Confessional appears on 25 radio countdowns from 20 stations between 2001 and 2024. It was first released in 2000 on the album The Swiss Army Romance. Its best result is #3 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #45 alternative song of 2002, #5,520 alternative song of all time and #321 of the '00s.
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Chris Carrabba first cut "Screaming Infidelities" for The Swiss Army Romance, Dashboard Confessional's 2000 debut on Vagrant, and it became the band's breakout once it was picked as the first single from the 2001 follow-up, The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most. He wrote it alone, and it sounds like it: an acoustic guitar strummed raw and a voice that goes from confessional murmur to full-throated bawl, the whole thing aching with the hurt the title promises.
It reached number 22 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart in May 2002, and its video, directed by Maureen Egan and Matthew Barry, won the MTV2 award at that year's MTV Video Music Awards over the Strokes, the Hives and Norah Jones. Carrabba counted the win among his proudest moments. Alternative Press, for its part, found his honesty far more sincere than the coffeehouse whimpering it was often lumped in with.
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
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 289 | Y100 | Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) | 300 |
| 2005 | 58 | 96.5 The Buzz | 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium | 96 |
| 2005 | 606 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
| 2006 | 105 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 107 Songs of the Millennium (December 2006) | 107 |
| 2007 | 2006 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1996 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2022 | 400 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 847 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
Also listed as: Screaming Infedilities; Screamin' Infidelities.
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