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“Radioactive” by Kings of Leon

From the album Come Around Sundown (2010)

“Radioactive” by Kings of Leon appears on 53 radio countdowns from 43 stations between 2010 and 2020. It was first released in 2010 on the album Come Around Sundown. Its best result is #2 on the WERG Top 90 of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #4 alternative song of 2010, #3,709 alternative song of all time and #10 of the '10s.

53countdowns
43stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
7top 10 finishes
2010–2020years charted

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Kings Of Leon - Radioactive (Official Video)

Video from YouTube (kingsofleonVEVO). Pressing play loads YouTube's player. Watch on YouTube

"Radioactive" was the opening shot from Come Around Sundown, the Kings of Leon album of 2010, and the band rolled it out on their own website together with its video on September 8, before radio anywhere got a crack at it. Australian stations aired it the next day, and US alternative radio followed on September 13.

All four Followills share the writing credit, and it plays like a band leaning into its bigness: Caleb's lead vocal hollering over chiming guitars from him and Matthew, Jared's bass and Nathan's drums locked in a gallop, extra percussion and backing voices piled on, some of them from Jacquire King, who produced with Angelo Petraglia and recorded and mixed the track himself. It earned two Grammy nominations, Best Rock Song among them, and later turned up in the films I Am Number Four and Boyhood.

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 21 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 30 Songs of 2010 30
2010 55 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2010 91
2010 51 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 35 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 41 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2010 89
2010 85 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 39 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2010 102
2010 17 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2010 99
2010 38 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2010 94
2010 11 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2010 51
2010 13 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2010 103
2010 24 93XRT Chicago, IL WXRT Listener Poll: Top 25 Songs of 2010 25
2010 7 KJEE 92.9 Santa Barbara, CA KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2010 91
2010 17 Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2010 40
2010 48 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Best of 2010 50
2010 9 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2010 104
2010 2 90.5 WERG Erie, PA WERG Top 90 of 2010 90
2010 23 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2010 91
2010 40 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2010 105
2010 88 The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN The Current Top 89 Songs of 2010 88
2010 16 96X Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA 96X Top 20 of 2010 20
2010 23 WFIV 105.3 Knoxville, TN WFIV Top 105 of 2010 105
2010 30 WFPK Louisville, KY WFPK Top 100 Songs of 2010 100
2010 12 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2010 50
2010 5 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2010 102
2010 4 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2010 88
2010 29 WTMD Baltimore, MD WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2010 89
2010 12 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2010 99
2010 14 Channel 92.3 San Jose / San Francisco Bay Area, CA Channel 92.3 Top 92 Songs of 2010 92
2010 22 89.9 WLCA St. Louis, MO WLCA Top 89 of 2010 89
2010 38 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2010 50
2010 31 KFMA Tucson, AZ KFMA Top 50 Songs of 2010 50
2010 21 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 Slugtunez of 2010 94
2010 10 FM 102/1 Milwaukee, WI FM 102/1 Top 50 of 2010 50
2010 30 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA 106.1 The Corner Top 106 of 2010 105
2010 8 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2010 107
2010 61 89.7 The River Omaha, NE / Council Bluffs, IA 89.7 The River Top 89 of 2010 89
2010 57 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2010 103
2010 23 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME WCYY Top 50 of 2010 50
2010 69 WXPN Philadelphia, PA WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2010 100
2010 76 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010 100
2010 28 WBRU Providence, RI WBRU Top 95 Songs of 2010 95
2011 55 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2011 102
2011 55 89.7 The River Omaha, NE / Council Bluffs, IA 89.7 The River Top 89 of 2011 89
2011 20 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2011 94
2011 88 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2011 105
2011 83 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 97X Top 97 of 2011 97
2011 71 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2011 88
2011 52 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 Slugtracks of 2011 94

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2011 1176 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1064 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1116 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2020 42 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s 102

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