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“Don't Stop (Color On The Walls” by Foster The People

From the album Torches (2011)

“Don't Stop (Color On The Walls” by Foster The People appears on 22 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 2011 and 2026. It was first released in 2011 on the album Torches. Its best result is #15 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #106 alternative song of 2011, #3,650 alternative song of all time and #247 of the '10s.

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#15best position

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Foster The People - Don't Stop (Color on the Walls) (Official Video)

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"Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)" is a giddy, sugar-rushed highlight of Torches, Foster the People's 2011 debut, and frontman Mark Foster wrote it imagining the world run by a four-year-old. He sings it, plays guitar, synth and percussion, and co-produced it with Rich Costey, who also mixed; Cubbie Fink plays bass and Mark Pontius drums. It went out as the album's fourth single on January 10, 2012, and found a second life in Nissan Versa commercials, the Forza Horizon video game and trailers for Turbo.

Daniels shot the video in 3D, and it's a comic caper: Gabourey Sidibe plays a learner driver who lets Foster's con man into her car thinking he's the DMV examiner, the two wrestle for the wheel, and the swerving catches the eye of two cops, played by Pontius and Fink.

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
2011	20	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 30 Songs of 2011	30
2011	21	WFNX Boston, MA	WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2011	101
2011	86	CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON	102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2011	102
2011	72	WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD	WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2011	104
2011	56	WRSI 93.9 The River Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA	WRSI Top 93 Songs of 2011	93
2011	57	107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY	WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2011	107
2011	42	Lightning 100 Nashville, TN	Lightning 100 Best of 2011	50
2011	99	WXPN Philadelphia, PA	WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2011	100
2011	20	88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2011	88
2011	86	102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2011	103
2011	20	KFOG San Francisco Bay Area, CA	KFOG Foghead Favorites of 2011	50
2011	69	99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT	99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2011	98
2011	105	105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO	105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2011	105
2012	27	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 50 Songs of 2012	50
2012	65	CD101 Columbus, OH	CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2012	103
2012	21	CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON	102.1 The Edge Top 50 New Rock Songs of 2012	50
2012	27	97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL	97X Top 97 Songs of 2012	97
2012	15	88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2012	88

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2022	131	101X	101X 500 (2022)	498
2025	719	90.9 The Bridge	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century	909
2025	788	The Colorado Sound	The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs	800
2026	183	101X	101X 500 (2026)	500

Also listed as: Don't Stop (Color On the Walls); Don't Stop (Color on the Walls); Don't Stop (color on the Walls); Don't Stop (Color On The Walls); Don't Stop(Color On the Wall); Don't Stop (Color the Walls).

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