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“Enemy” by Days of the New
From the album Days of the New II (1999)
“Enemy” by Days of the New appears on 5 radio countdowns from 5 stations in 1999. It was first released in 1999 on the album Days of the New II. Its best result is #60 on the 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #134 alternative song of 1999.
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"Enemy" led off the second Days of the New album, the 1999 record also known as Green, and it's the sound of Travis Meeks refusing to make the same album twice. The debut had been pared-back acoustic rock; here the acoustic guitars stay, but Meeks wraps them in classical strings, electronic effects and percussion that owes more to the dance floor than the garage, with an echoing horn drifting through the chorus. He called it an experiment, likening it to a painter reaching for red after a lot of blue.
Rock radio got it in August 1999 and bit hard: it climbed to number two on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart and gave the band its second top-10 on the Modern Rock chart. It later resurfaced on The Definitive Collection in 2008.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 95 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 | 106 |
| 1999 | 106 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 60 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999 | 89 |
| 1999 | 88 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 | 103 |
| 1999 | 66 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 | 104 |
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