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“The Fallen” by Franz Ferdinand
From the album You Could Have It So Much Better (2005)
“The Fallen” by Franz Ferdinand appears on 14 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2005 and 2014. It was first released in 2005 on the album You Could Have It So Much Better. Its best result is #15 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #602 alternative song of 2005 and #2,115 alternative song of all time.
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"The Fallen" was the third single Franz Ferdinand pulled from You Could Have It So Much Better, their second album, reaching Australia in February 2006 and Britain that April, sharing a double A-side with the fresh track "L. Wells".
Rich Costey produced it with the band and mixed it, and he keeps the edges sharp: wiry, jerking guitars, a bass line that struts and drums shoving everything toward the dance floor. The lyrics go to church, raiding the miracles of the New Testament, from feeding the multitudes to turning water into wine, with both Marys along for the ride, a fascination that goes back to Alex Kapranos's brief, abandoned theology studies at the University of Aberdeen. It reached number four in Scotland and 14 on the UK chart, and one of its 7-inch pressings carried a remix by Justice.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 90 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2005 | 91 |
| 2005 | 79 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2005 | 100 |
| 2005 | 141 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 | 150 |
| 2005 | 93 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005 | 100 |
| 2006 | 15 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 | 101 |
| 2006 | 90 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2006 | 103 |
| 2006 | 26 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2006 | 88 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 831 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 973 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 919 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 852 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 744 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 679 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 651 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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