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“Punching in a Dream” by Naked and Famous

From the album Passive Me, Aggressive You (2010)

“Punching in a Dream” by Naked and Famous appears on 18 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 2010 and 2014. It was first released in 2010 on the album Passive Me, Aggressive You. Its best result is #5 on the WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #38 alternative song of 2011, #5,190 alternative song of all time and #124 of the '10s.

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"Punching in a Dream" came off Passive Me, Aggressive You, the 2010 debut from New Zealand's the Naked and Famous, as its third single, out on Polydor. It's indie electronica with a runner's heart rate: fizzing synths, shouted-from-the-rooftops vocals, and a chorus that feels like the credits rolling on the best night of your life. It reached 11 on the New Zealand chart.

It proved irresistible to anyone cutting a montage. It turned up in The Vampire Diaries and Pitch Perfect, on the FIFA 12 and Forza Horizon soundtracks, in a car commercial, as a pre-match tune for Fox Sports' A-League coverage, and as recently as a trailer for the second season of Netflix's Beef.

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
2010	34	Triple J Australia (national)	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010	100
2011	32	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2011	91
2011	19	WFNX Boston, MA	WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2011	101
2011	55	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2011	89
2011	47	CD101 Columbus, OH	CD101 Top 102 Songs of 2011	102
2011	69	CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON	102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2011	102
2011	42	90.5 WERG Erie, PA	WERG Top 90 of 2011	90
2011	40	99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT	99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2011	98
2011	17	89.9 WLCA St. Louis, MO	WLCA Top 89 of 2011	89
2011	21	ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA	Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2011	51
2011	35	94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY	94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2011	94
2011	50	KJEE 92.9 Santa Barbara, CA	KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2011	92
2011	50	X107.5 Las Vegas, NV	X107.5 Top 50 Songs That Didn't Suck 2011	50
2011	34	102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2011	103
2011	5	WBRU Providence, RI	WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2011	96

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2011	1979	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	1481	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	1494	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013

Also listed as: Punching In a Dream; Punching In A Dream.

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