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“Lips of an Angel” by Hinder
From the album Extreme Behavior (2005)
“Lips of an Angel” by Hinder appears on 8 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2006 and 2010. It was first released in 2005 on the album Extreme Behavior. Its best result is #4 on the WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #97 alternative song of 2006.
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"Lips of an Angel" was the song that broke Hinder open. The second single from their 2005 debut, Extreme Behavior, released in April 2006, it went to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and all the way to number one in Australia and New Zealand. Brian Howes co-wrote it with the band and produced it, and it's a post-grunge power ballad cut to measure, with a chorus that swells to arena size and Austin John Winkler's raspy vocal selling every ounce of the drama.
It kept on selling long after its moment: 3.6 million copies in the US by 2015, enough to count among the most downloaded rock songs, and in 2024 the staff of Consequence named it on a list of post-grunge songs they could get behind.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 45 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2006 | 107 |
| 2006 | 88 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 | 101 |
| 2006 | 27 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2006 | 89 |
| 2006 | 18 | The Bear Ottawa, ON | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2006 | 107 |
| 2006 | 79 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2006 | 97 |
| 2006 | 4 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2006 | 106 |
| 2006 | 50 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2006 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 33 | WJRR | WJRR Top 101 Songs of the Decade | 101 |
Also listed as: Lips of An Angel.
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