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“Vindicated” by Dashboard Confessional

Released 2004

“Vindicated” by Dashboard Confessional appears on 27 radio countdowns from 25 stations between 2004 and 2022. It was first released in 2004. Its best result is #4 on the X96 Top 50 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #9 alternative song of 2004, #4,170 alternative song of all time and #88 of the '00s.

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25stations
#4best position
0#1 finishes
2top 10 finishes
2004–2022years charted

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Dashboard Confessional - Vindicated (Official Music Video) HD

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"Vindicated" was Chris Carrabba's ticket to the multiplex: Dashboard Confessional's song led off the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack on May 31, 2004, and it rolls over the film's end credits as the movie's theme. Carrabba wrote it, and Don Gilmore produced and mixed it, giving the band's heart-on-sleeve ache a big, glossy sheen fit for a summer blockbuster.

It builds the way the best emo ballads do, Carrabba's voice straining at the edges while the guitars swell from a simmer to a surge. Loudwire later counted it among the 12 best emo power ballads. It didn't land on a proper Dashboard album until two years on, when it showed up as a bonus track on some pressings of Dusk and Summer.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Hard Rock & Metal

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2004 34 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2004 107
2004 44 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2004 91
2004 52 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2004 106
2004 38 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 101
2004 41 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2004 100
2004 22 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2004 93
2004 20 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004 100
2004 13 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2004 89
2004 44 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 101
2004 10 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2004 99
2004 18 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004 102
2004 49 CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC CHOI Top 98 Songs of 2004 98
2004 55 The Bear Ottawa, ON The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2004 107
2004 43 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2004 99
2004 23 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2004 105
2004 13 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004 103
2004 14 WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2004 106
2004 4 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2004 50
2004 13 99X Atlanta, GA 99X Essential 99 of 2004 99
2004 19 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2004 227
2004 24 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2004 88
2004 31 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2004 100
2004 82 WIRS 107.9 College station WIRS Top 107 Songs of 2004 107

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2005 11 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium 96
2005 836 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2022 848 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2022 99 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500

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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