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“Trainwreck 1979” by Death From Above 1979

From the album The Physical World (2014)

“Trainwreck 1979” by Death From Above 1979 appears on 8 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2014 and 2020. It was first released in 2014 on the album The Physical World. Its best result is #26 on the 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2014. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #50 alternative song of 2014 and #499 of the '10s.

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"Trainwreck 1979" was the first taste of The Physical World, the 2014 album that gave Canadian duo Death From Above 1979 their second full-length, and it went out as the lead single that July. The subject is local history with a bang: the 1979 train derailment in Mississauga, recast as a two-man racket.

David Sardy handled everything behind the glass, producing, recording and mixing it, and he arrived with a résumé that ran from Oasis and Red Hot Chili Peppers to LCD Soundsystem and Nine Inch Nails. The single reached radio in early August, and the album followed on Last Gang in September.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2014	40	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2014	91
2014	44	CD101 Columbus, OH	CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2014	103
2014	73	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2014	99
2014	47	94.3 WCYY Portland, ME	WCYY Top 50 CYY Songs of 2014	50
2014	97	102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2014	103
2014	48	X96 Salt Lake City, UT	X96 Top 50 Songs of 2014	50
2014	26	96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS	96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2014	96

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2020	35	CFNY 102.1 The Edge	102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s	102

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