Song · Jack's Mannequin
“Dark Blue” by Jack's Mannequin
From the album Everything in Transit (2005)
“Dark Blue” by Jack's Mannequin appears on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2006 and 2025. It was first released in 2005 on the album Everything in Transit. Its best result is #23 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #122 alternative song of 2006 and #7,151 alternative song of all time.
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"Dark Blue" was the second single from Everything in Transit, the 2005 debut by Jack's Mannequin, and it's the song Andrew McMahon has called his favorite on the record. It was also the last one he wrote for it, and he built it deliberately to tie the whole album together. McMahon wrote it, sings it and plays piano, keyboards and body percussion, with Robert "Raw" Anderson on guitar and backing vocals and Jim Wirt on bass; McMahon and Wirt produced, and Chris Lord-Alge mixed.
Brett Simon's video stages it as a 1950s dance marathon, the band playing in a gazebo while the dancers wilt, drop out and get bet on, until couple 55 collapses short of the win and gets marched to the edge of the ship. The song kept selling long after, going gold in May 2013.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 42 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 | 101 |
| 2006 | 82 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2006 | 107 |
| 2006 | 23 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2006 | 88 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1827 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2022 | 818 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2025 | 810 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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