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“Reapers” by Muse
From the album Drones (2015)
“Reapers” by Muse appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2015 and 2019. It was first released in 2015 on the album Drones. Its best result is #14 on the WRIF Top 20 Songs of the Last 20 Years (2000-2019). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #509 alternative song of 2015.
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Muse sent "Reapers" out in 2015 as the second promotional single from Drones, their seventh studio album, and it's a full-bore blast of hard rock with prog ambitions. Matt Bellamy wrote it alone and plays guitar and sings lead, with Christopher Wolstenholme on bass and Dominic Howard on drums. The band produced it with Mutt Lange, while Rich Costey mixed it and added production alongside engineer Tommaso Colliva.
In April 2016 it came back as the fifth and final single from Drones, a Record Store Day seven-inch picture disc with a live take from the Gloria Theater in Köln, Germany on the flip and a fold-it-yourself paper plane billed as a "paper drone". It reached No. 2 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs chart, Muse's best showing there until "Won't Stand Down" hit No. 1 in 2022, and No. 37 on Hot Rock Songs.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 90 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2015 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 14 | 101 WRIF | WRIF Top 20 Songs of the Last 20 Years (2000-2019) | 21 |
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