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“A Praise Chorus” by Jimmy Eat World

From the album Bleed American (2001)

“A Praise Chorus” by Jimmy Eat World appears on 32 radio countdowns from 21 stations between 2002 and 2022. It was first released in 2001 on the album Bleed American. Its best result is #24 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #51 alternative song of 2002, #2,598 alternative song of all time and #384 of the '00s.

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Jimmy Eat World - A Praise Chorus ft. Davey von Bohlen

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"A Praise Chorus" arrived in 2002 as the fourth single from Jimmy Eat World's 2001 album Bleed American. The band wrote it and produced it with Mark Trombino, who also engineered and mixed.

It's built on tension and release: guitars and drums circling each other through hushed, taut verses, everything tightening until the chorus finally bursts open. Then comes the kicker, a guest turn from Davey von Bohlen of the Promise Ring, whose bridge strings together snatches of old rock and alternative songs, and that patchwork of borrowed voices is where the title comes from. It plays like a thank-you note to the records that get you through, and Jim Adkins sings it wide open. It climbed to 16 on Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart.

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#StationCountdownof
2002 75 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 107
2002 49 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2002 91
2002 28 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 106
2002 79 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 65 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 100
2002 68 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 92
2002 74 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2002 107
2002 82 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 89
2002 92 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 51 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 37 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 99
2002 34 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 105
2002 36 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2002 224
2002 24 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002 103
2002 83 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002 104
2002 89 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 103
2003 29 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003 105
2003 63 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2005 75 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium 96
2005 322 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 96 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 1879 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 334 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 1891 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 457 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 1921 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1918 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1768 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1600 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1513 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2020 335 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2022 151 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907

Charting alongside it in 2002

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  4. 4You Know You're RightNirvana
  5. 5All My LifeFoo Fighters
  6. 6SweetnessJimmy Eat World

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