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“Help, Im Alive” by Metric

From the album Fantasies (2009)

“Help, Im Alive” by Metric appears on 31 radio countdowns from 26 stations between 2009 and 2025. It was first released in 2009 on the album Fantasies. Its best result is #2 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #16 alternative song of 2009 and #171 of the '00s.

31countdowns
26stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
9top 10 finishes
2009–2025years charted

"Help I'm Alive" led the way for Metric's fourth studio album, Fantasies, going out digitally as the Canadian band's lead single in December 2008. Emily Haines started it at the piano during her stay in Buenos Aires, among the first songs she wrote there, and it began life as a ballad before the band cranked up the tempo and it caught fire.

Now it's a taut, heart-thumping rush, Haines' voice cool and cutting over churning guitars, with John O'Mahony mixing. Haines singled out the kick drum in the middle section as her favorite moment, likening it to drums pounding in "a cathedral in hell". A stripped acoustic version followed in January 2009, just Haines on piano and James Shaw on acoustic guitar.

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
2009 32 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2009 91
2009 49 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2009 101
2009 8 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2009 101
2009 33 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2009 89
2009 7 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2009 101
2009 16 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge The Top 102 of 2009 102
2009 49 Impact 89FM Lansing, MI Impact 89FM Top 89 of 2009 89
2009 32 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2009 103
2009 10 The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN The Current Top 89 Songs of 2009 89
2009 7 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2009 103
2009 6 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 of 2009 94
2009 2 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2009 50
2009 65 90.5 WERG Erie, PA WERG Top 90 of 2009 90
2009 63 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2009 99
2009 2 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2009 106
2009 20 FM 102/1 Milwaukee, WI FM 102/1 Top 50 of 2009 50
2009 60 WTMD Baltimore, MD WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2009 89
2009 23 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2009 88
2009 45 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME WCYY Top 50 of 2009 50
2009 5 KFMA Tucson, AZ KFMA Top 50 Songs of 2009 50
2009 31 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2009 107
2009 26 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2009 100
2009 9 WBRU Providence, RI WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2009 96
2010 84 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2010 91
2010 71 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 Slugtunez of 2010 94

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2012 49 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of All-Time 102
2018 389 WTMD WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 896
2022 549 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2024 355 KEXP The Best Opening Tracks of All Time 738
2025 135 The Current 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now 893
2025 488 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) 714

Also listed as: Help I'm Alive; Help, I'm Alive; Help! I'm Alive.

Charting alongside it in 2009

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  6. 6The FixerPearl Jam

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