Song · Hawthorne Heights
“Niki FM” by Hawthorne Heights
From the album The Silence in Black and White (2004)
“Niki FM” by Hawthorne Heights appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2005 and 2006. It was first released in 2004 on the album The Silence in Black and White. Its best result is #117 (tie) on the WBER Listener Countdown 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #628 alternative song of 2005.
"Niki FM" comes from The Silence in Black and White, Hawthorne Heights' 2004 debut on Victory Records, and in September 2005 it followed "Ohio Is for Lovers" to radio as the album's second single. It's emo with three guitars in the stack, from JT Woodruff, Casey Calvert and Micah Carli, while Matt Ridenour plays bass and sings backup, Eron Bucciarelli drums, and Woodruff and Calvert share the lead vocals.
All five are credited as writers, but the fear driving it was Woodruff's: after reading critics tear into bands he liked, he worried Hawthorne Heights would get the same treatment, and he wrote the song out of that dread. It's the most personal song he has, he says, and the one he most likes playing live. It reached 40 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart, and a demo version was added to the album's reissue.
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 | 264 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
| 2006 | 117 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2006 | 159 |
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