Cover of Invented by Jimmy Eat World
Cover: Invented

Song · Jimmy Eat World

“My Best Theory” by Jimmy Eat World

From the album Invented (2010)

“My Best Theory” by Jimmy Eat World appears on 30 radio countdowns from 29 stations between 2010 and 2011. It was first released in 2010 on the album Invented. Its best result is #9 on the 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #7 alternative song of 2010 and #28 of the '10s.

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"My Best Theory" opened the account for Invented, Jimmy Eat World's seventh album, as its lead single in August 2010, and it comes out swinging: taut, jabbing guitars and a chorus that goes straight for the throat. The band produced it with Mark Trombino, who also mixed it, and frontman Jim Adkins handled the recording himself.

Adkins has said it's about holding on to who you are when the world keeps offering nothing but extremes, and the video, directed by Ron Winter, spins that into masked science fiction. It reached number 2 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart and 9 on Rock Songs, the band's best showing since "Pain" went to number one in 2004, and it landed on the Tony Hawk: Shred soundtrack.

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
2010 15 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 30 Songs of 2010 30
2010 19 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2010 91
2010 37 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 41 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 38 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2010 89
2010 64 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 44 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2010 102
2010 53 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2010 99
2010 43 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2010 94
2010 13 KFMA Tucson, AZ KFMA Top 50 Songs of 2010 50
2010 9 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2010 99
2010 36 89.9 WLCA St. Louis, MO WLCA Top 89 of 2010 89
2010 45 89.7 The River Omaha, NE / Council Bluffs, IA 89.7 The River Top 89 of 2010 89
2010 13 KJEE 92.9 Santa Barbara, CA KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2010 91
2010 11 FM 102/1 Milwaukee, WI FM 102/1 Top 50 of 2010 50
2010 33 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2010 105
2010 35 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2010 103
2010 38 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2010 88
2010 30 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2010 51
2010 34 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME WCYY Top 50 of 2010 50
2010 38 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2010 102
2010 27 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2010 91
2010 61 Impact 89FM Lansing, MI Impact 89FM Top 89 of 2010 88
2010 30 Channel 92.3 San Jose / San Francisco Bay Area, CA Channel 92.3 Top 92 Songs of 2010 92
2010 92 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2010 103
2010 42 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 Slugtunez of 2010 94
2010 23 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2010 50
2010 9 90.5 WERG Erie, PA WERG Top 90 of 2010 90
2010 33 WBRU Providence, RI WBRU Top 95 Songs of 2010 95
2011 46 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2011 105

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