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“Burn It Down” by Linkin Park
From the album Living Things (2012)
“Burn It Down” by Linkin Park appears on 19 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 2012 and 2023. It was first released in 2012 on the album Living Things. Its best result is #3 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #18 alternative song of 2012, #3,087 alternative song of all time and #129 of the '10s.
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"Burn It Down" kicked off Linkin Park's fifth album, Living Things, hitting radio and download on April 16, 2012 as its lead single. The band wrote it together, and Mike Shinoda produced it with Rick Rubin, who had also co-produced Minutes to Midnight in 2007 and A Thousand Suns in 2010.
The pair go for something tight and direct: glittering synth pulses, a chugging electronic undertow and a chorus built to be shouted. Chester Bennington and Shinoda split the vocals, Bennington soaring, Shinoda cutting in, and Manny Marroquin's mix keeps everything bright and punchy. Joe Hahn, the band's turntablist, directed the video. By June 2022 it had sold more than three million copies in the US alone.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 50 Songs of 2012 | 50 |
| 2012 | 9 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2012 | 91 |
| 2012 | 6 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | 102.1 The Edge Top 50 New Rock Songs of 2012 | 50 |
| 2012 | 3 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2012 | 99 |
| 2012 | 3 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2012 | 99 |
| 2012 | 42 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2012 | 51 |
| 2012 | 15 | 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 97X Top 97 Songs of 2012 | 97 |
| 2012 | 42 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2012 | 88 |
| 2012 | 22 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2012 | 50 |
| 2013 | 49 | 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 97X Top 97 of 2013 | 97 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 310 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) | 500 |
| 2015 | 311 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) | 500 |
| 2019 | 65 | 103.3 The Edge | 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade | 103 |
| 2019 | 22 | 93X | 93X Top 93 Songs of the Decade (2010s) | 93 |
| 2019 | 63 | ALT 98.7 | ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade | 98 |
| 2019 | 409 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2020 | 54 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade | 99 |
| 2020 | 88 | DC101 | The DC101 Top 500 | 500 |
| 2023 | 342 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
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