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“The Anthem” by Good Charlotte

From the album The Young and the Hopeless (2002)

“The Anthem” by Good Charlotte appears on 17 radio countdowns from 16 stations between 2003 and 2024. It was first released in 2002 on the album The Young and the Hopeless. Its best result is #5 on the 89X Top 89 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #43 alternative song of 2003, #4,166 alternative song of all time and #419 of the '00s.

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"The Anthem" was the second single from Good Charlotte's 2002 album The Young and the Hopeless, and it lives up to its title: a fist-pumping pop-punk rallying cry for every kid who refuses to follow the script. Joel and Benji Madden wrote it with John Feldmann for a movie soundtrack, but it never made the film, and the album got it instead.

Joel says it's about not living the way you're told to; Benji says it's about reaching your goals. The music splits the difference, with Joel's sneer up front, Benji's guitar and backing vocals beside Billy Martin's guitar, Paul Thomas on bass and Josh Freese pounding the drums, all mixed to a gleaming punch by Eric Valentine. It hit 10 in the UK and 43 on the US Hot 100, went platinum in Britain and America, and the UK CD single even tucked in a live cover of Oasis's "Acquiesce".

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2003	23	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003	107
2003	61	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2003	91
2003	50	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003	106
2003	57	Q101 Chicago, IL	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003	101
2003	38	WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003	100
2003	62	K-Rock New York, NY	K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2003	92
2003	5	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2003	89
2003	11	Y100 Philadelphia, PA	Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003	100
2003	48	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2003	99
2003	85	Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA	Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003	105
2003	48	88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 50 Songs of 2003	50
2003	21	103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL	Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2003	103
2003	68	WBCN Boston, MA	WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003	104
2003	43	Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart)	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003	100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2004	65	Y100	Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004)	300
2005	818	99X	99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)	1000
2024	57	107.7 The End	The End Sweet Summer Vibes Countdown (2024)	100

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