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“Teenagers” by My Chemical Romance
From the album The Black Parade (2006)
“Teenagers” by My Chemical Romance appears on 21 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 2007 and 2025. It was first released in 2006 on the album The Black Parade. Its best result is #9 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #28 alternative song of 2007, #3,668 alternative song of all time and #481 of the '00s.
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"Teenagers" comes from My Chemical Romance's 2006 album The Black Parade, a stomping, swaggering strut that critics have tagged as everything from punk and glam to emo and even southern rock. It grew out of Gerard Way's fear of teenagers, and the lyric circles that unease and teenage gun crime. Way sings lead, Frank Iero plays guitar, Mikey Way bass and Bob Bryar drums, with Ray Toro also sharing the writing; the band produced it with Rob Cavallo, and Chris Lord-Alge mixed.
Released in 2007 as the album's fourth and final single, it reached number 9 in Britain and went six-times platinum in the US. Marc Webb's video puts the band in a high school gym until a horde of fans turns on them. In 2022 it found new life on TikTok, including as a protest song after Roe v. Wade was overturned.
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 | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 43 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2007 | 107 |
| 2007 | 66 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2007 | 91 |
| 2007 | 69 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2007 | 106 |
| 2007 | 52 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 58 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2007 | 100 |
| 2007 | 42 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2007 | 107 |
| 2007 | 43 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2007 | 89 |
| 2007 | 72 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 27 | CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC | CHOI Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 28 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2007 | 60 |
| 2007 | 9 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2007 | 88 |
| 2007 | 44 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1744 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1610 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1507 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1537 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1604 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1646 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1694 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2022 | 875 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2025 | 887 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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