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“Munich” by Editors
From the album The Back Room (2005)
“Munich” by Editors appears on 13 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2006 and 2022. It was first released in 2005 on the album The Back Room. Its best result is #24 on the Y100 Top 88.5 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #88 alternative song of 2006 and #1,670 alternative song of all time.
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"Munich" comes from Editors' 2005 debut The Back Room, a moody slab of post-punk revival that first went out as the band's second single that April and came back in January 2006 to crack the UK top 10. Jim Abbiss produced it and Cenzo Townshend mixed it, and it's all nervous momentum: a drum groove with a whiff of Interpol's "Evil", guitars marching in lockstep and tremolo-picked leads glinting over the top, in G minor at a brisk 150 beats per minute.
Singer and rhythm guitarist Tom Smith says the title means nothing and has no link to the German city. He knocked out the words and chords in under five minutes, hungover and down on himself, borrowing the off-kilter familiarity of Peter Buck's R.E.M. chords. It shows, in the best way.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 80 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2006 | 100 |
| 2006 | 60 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2006 | 107 |
| 2006 | 46 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 | 101 |
| 2006 | 24 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 88.5 Songs of 2006 | 89 |
| 2006 | 55 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2006 | 159 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 353 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 393 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 395 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 395 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 396 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 397 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 396 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2022 | 587 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
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