Song · Joywave
“Destruction” by Joywave
From the album How Do You Feel Now? (2015)
“Destruction” by Joywave appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations in 2016. It was first released in 2015 on the album How Do You Feel Now?. Its best result is #52 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2016. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #80 alternative song of 2016.
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"Destruction" was the single Joywave pulled from their debut album How Do You Feel Now? in March 2015, and it started as a walkout. Daniel Armbruster was at a music festival in Rochester, New York, where the venue's house music ran to turn-of-the-millennium feel-good jams, and it all struck him as safe and calculated. He left before the show began, went home, stayed up all night and had the song done around ten the next morning, just what he wanted: aggressive, a little scary, the kind of thing nobody could feel lukewarm about.
He produced it with co-writer Sean Donnelly; Paul Brenner plays electronic drums and Neal Pogue mixed it. It reached 18 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, turned up in Madden NFL 16 and the Need for Speed reboot, and a trimmed cut scored the Fortnite Battle Royale launch trailer.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 83 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2016 | 91 |
| 2016 | 60 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2016 | 103 |
| 2016 | 52 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2016 | 99 |
| 2016 | 56 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2016 | 103 |
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