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“Young Blood” by Naked and Famous

From the album Passive Me, Aggressive You (2010)

“Young Blood” by Naked and Famous appears on 33 radio countdowns from 27 stations between 2010 and 2026. It was first released in 2010 on the album Passive Me, Aggressive You. Its best result is #2 on the WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #12 alternative song of 2011, #2,008 alternative song of all time and #26 of the '10s.

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"Young Blood" came out on 7 June 2010 as the second single from Passive Me, Aggressive You, the debut album by New Zealand's the Naked and Famous, and it went straight in at number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart. Thomas Powers, Aaron Short and Alisa Xayalith wrote it, Powers and Short produced it, and Powers and Xayalith share the vocals over a buzzing guitar riff and synths that shimmer and swell, the kind of big-hearted synth-pop that had a BBC critic reaching for MGMT. It's about the rush of youth and the ache of feeling it slip away, with a chanted hook built for a festival field.

It won the 2010 Silver Scroll for Song of the Year.

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	38	Triple J Australia (national)	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010	100
2011	13	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 30 Songs of 2011	30
2011	39	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2011	91
2011	2	WFNX Boston, MA	WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2011	101
2011	3	CD101 Columbus, OH	CD101 Top 102 Songs of 2011	102
2011	30	CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON	102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2011	102
2011	8	X96 Salt Lake City, UT	X96 Top 50 Songs of 2011	49
2011	31	102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2011	103
2011	14	90.5 WERG Erie, PA	WERG Top 90 of 2011	90
2011	20	KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA	KSLG Top 94 Slugtracks of 2011	94
2011	18	99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT	99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2011	98
2011	14	X107.5 Las Vegas, NV	X107.5 Top 50 Songs That Didn't Suck 2011	50
2011	36	89.9 WLCA St. Louis, MO	WLCA Top 89 of 2011	89
2011	6	ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA	Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2011	51
2011	48	Rock 93.5 Columbia, SC	Rock 93.5 WARQ Top 93 of 2011	92
2011	7 (tie)	WBER Rochester, NY	WBER Listener Countdown 2011	111
2011	30	KFMA Tucson, AZ	KFMA Top 50 Songs of 2011	50
2011	26	97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL	97X Top 97 of 2011	97
2011	10	KJEE 92.9 Santa Barbara, CA	KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2011	92
2011	16	94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY	94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2011	94
2011	18	WBRU Providence, RI	WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2011	96
2012	83	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2012	99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2011	752	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	494	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2013	581	WXPN	WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013)	885
2014	448	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013
2019	41	ALT 98.7	ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade	98
2020	49	107.7 The End	The End Top 107 Songs of Last Decade (2010s)	107
2020	76	CFNY 102.1 The Edge	102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s	102
2020	435	DC101	The DC101 Top 500	500
2022	11	101X	101X 500 (2022)	498
2022	366	X96	X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time	500
2026	36	101X	101X 500 (2026)	500

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