Song · Falling in Reverse
“Popular Monster” by Falling in Reverse
Released 2019
“Popular Monster” by Falling in Reverse appears on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2020 and 2026. It was first released in 2019. Its best result is #1 on the SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2020. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #3 hard rock song of 2020, #1,726 hard rock song of all time and #4 of the '20s.
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"Popular Monster" landed on November 20, 2019 as a stand-alone Falling in Reverse single, a rap-metal broadside that took its time finding a home: it wasn't until 2024 that it became the title track of the band's fifth album. Ronnie Radke wrote it with two outside hands, Cody Quistad of Wage War and Tyler Smyth of DangerKids.
It didn't need an album to do its damage. The song went to number one on the Mainstream Rock chart and number four on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, and by the end of 2020 it was the most played rock song on American radio by SiriusXM Octane's count. Galantis and Nghtmre even pulled it onto the dance floor with a remix that October.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 10 | 98KUPD Phoenix, AZ | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2020 | 98 |
| 2020 | 1 | SiriusXM Octane National (SiriusXM satellite radio) | SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2020 | 30 |
| 2020 | 2 | 93X Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN | 93X Top 20 Songs of 2020 | 20 |
| 2020 | 6 | 94.3 KILO Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO | KILO's Top 30 Kountdown of 2020 | 30 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2025) | 66 |
| 2026 | 47 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2026) | 66 |
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