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“Rats” by Ghost
From the album Prequelle (2018)
“Rats” by Ghost appears on 6 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2018 and 2021. It was first released in 2018 on the album Prequelle. Its best result is #2 on the 98KUPD Top 98 of 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #10 hard rock song of 2018, #2,319 hard rock song of all time and #11 of the '10s.
"Rats" was the first single from Prequelle, Ghost's fourth album, debuting on SiriusXM in April 2018, well ahead of the album's June 1 release. It introduced Tobias Forge's new alter ego, Cardinal Copia, fronting a fresh set of anonymous Nameless Ghouls; the earlier members had all left in 2017 following a lawsuit with Forge over pay.
Forge sings lead, and Tom Dalgety produced, recorded and co-wrote it. The credits run beyond the Ghouls: Salem Al Fakir on piano and keyboards, Steve Moore on synthesizer, Ludvig Kennberg on drums, and Deryn Edwards and Mark Williams on choir vocals, with Andy Wallace and Clif Norrell mixing. The video's dancing had journalists thinking of Michael Jackson's "Thriller", and the song topped Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs chart in July 2018 and drew a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Song.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7 | 93.3 WMMR Philadelphia, PA | WMMR Top 25 Songs of 2018 | 25 |
| 2018 | 30 | SiriusXM Octane National (SiriusXM satellite radio) | SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2018 | 30 |
| 2018 | 2 | 98KUPD Phoenix, AZ | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2018 | 98 |
| 2018 | 5 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2018 | 99 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 63 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2019) | 66 |
| 2021 | 12 | KISW | KISW 25 Greatest Rock Songs from the '10s | 25 |
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