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“Deny” by Default
From the album The Fallout (2001)
“Deny” by Default appears on 10 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2002 and 2010. It was first released in 2001 on the album The Fallout. Its best result is #17 on the WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #78 alternative song of 2002.
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"Deny" comes off The Fallout, Canadian rock band Default's 2001 debut, and Chad Kroeger's hand is all over it: he wrote it with the band, penned the words alongside guitarist Jeremy James Hora, and co-produced the track with Rick Parashar. CFOX-FM got it on the air first in 2001, and it went out internationally in April 2002.
It's a brooding grinder, Hora's guitar chugging while Dave Benedict's bass and Danny Craig's drums push forward and Dallas Smith sings like a man nursing a grudge he can't put down. It never cracked the Hot 100, but rock radio ate it up, sending it to number seven on the US Mainstream Rock chart and all the way to the top of Canada's rock airplay chart. EA Sports put it in NHL 2003, and the video starred boxer Laila Ali.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 74 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 | 106 |
| 2002 | 80 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 | 100 |
| 2002 | 31 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 | 89 |
| 2002 | 69 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 | 100 |
| 2002 | 17 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002 | 106 |
| 2002 | 27 | Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 | 105 |
| 2002 | 21 | Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT | WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002 | 104 |
| 2002 | 55 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 | 103 |
| 2002 | 44 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002 | 99 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 129 | 94.1 The Zone | 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade | 210 |
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