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“How You Like Me Now” by Heavy
“How You Like Me Now” by Heavy appears on 15 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2009 and 2025. Its best result is #4 on the FM 102/1 Top 50 of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #109 alternative song of 2010 and #483 of the '10s.
The Heavy pulled "How You Like Me Now?" off their second album, The House That Dirt Built, as its third single in August 2009, with Jim Abbiss producing and Ninja Tune releasing, and it struts in on borrowed swagger: the song interpolates "Let a Woman Be a Woman" by Dyke and the Blazers. Singer Kelvin Swaby has said it's about knowing you can get away with anything, owning up to how badly you've behaved and daring someone to love you anyway, cocky to the bone. The band also cut a second version with the Dap-Kings Horns.
It got only as far as 122 on the Hot 100, but that hardly mattered. Trailers and movies have leaned on it so often that it became the English band's signature song.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 78 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2009 | 101 |
| 2010 | 100 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2010 | 101 |
| 2010 | 88 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2010 | 103 |
| 2010 | 68 | Channel 92.3 San Jose / San Francisco Bay Area, CA | Channel 92.3 Top 92 Songs of 2010 | 92 |
| 2010 | 12 | KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA | KSLG Top 94 Slugtunez of 2010 | 94 |
| 2010 | 72 | 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA | 106.1 The Corner Top 106 of 2010 | 105 |
| 2010 | 15 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2010 | 103 |
| 2010 | 4 | FM 102/1 Milwaukee, WI | FM 102/1 Top 50 of 2010 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 673 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2013 | 883 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2022 | 535 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 668 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 608 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 234 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 242 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
Also listed as: How You Like Me Now?.
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