Song · Death From Above 1979
“Romantic Rights” by Death From Above 1979
From the EP Romantic Rights EP (2004)
“Romantic Rights” by Death From Above 1979 appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2005 and 2012. It was first released in 2004 on the EP Romantic Rights EP. Its best result is #8 on the CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #258 alternative song of 2005.
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"Romantic Rights" first came tearing out on an EP of the same name in April 2004, then led the charge for You're a Woman, I'm a Machine, the full-length debut by Death from Above 1979, as its opening single, reaching number 57 in the UK. Sebastien Grainger and Jesse F. Keeler wrote it and Al Puodziukas engineered it, and it's a sweaty, stop-start rumble that sounds like the amps are about to give out.
It has had a busy afterlife: it opens MTV's Human Giant and runs all through it, and it turns up on the soundtracks of SSX On Tour and NBA 2K15, the latter curated by Pharrell Williams. When the band played it on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Grainger drummed the first half before handing the same kit to Max Weinberg for the second.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 8 | CRNC 90.1 Niagara / Toronto, ON | CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of 2005 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 73 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium | 200 |
| 2012 | 40 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of All-Time | 102 |
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