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“Monster Hospital” by Metric
From the album Live It Out (2005)
“Monster Hospital” by Metric appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2005 and 2010. It was first released in 2005 on the album Live It Out. Its best result is #52 on the CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #235 alternative song of 2005.
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"Monster Hospital" was the opening shot from Live It Out, the second album by Canadian band Metric, and it's a jittery, pogo-ready rush that smuggles a war song into the party. The chorus hijacks Bobby Fuller's "I Fought the Law" and turns the fight toward war, with a sideways nod to Daddy Warbucks from Annie thrown in. It fit the anti-war imagery the band used in their early videos, though Emily Haines has since said the song is really about post-traumatic stress disorder.
NME made it Track of the Week and slotted it at 12 in its Tracks of 2006. At that year's MuchMusic Video Awards, Haines ended the performance by leaping into the crowd on Toronto's Queen Street, and a Mstrkrft remix later scored the opening video at Sony's PlayStation 4 announcement.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 101 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 | 150 |
| 2005 | 80 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2005 | 102 |
| 2005 | 52 | CRNC 90.1 Niagara / Toronto, ON | CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of 2005 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 133 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium | 200 |
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