Song · Of Monsters And Men
“Crystals” by Of Monsters And Men
From the album Beneath the Skin (2015)
“Crystals” by Of Monsters And Men appears on 13 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 2015 and 2022. It was first released in 2015 on the album Beneath the Skin. Its best result is #9 on the WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #10 alternative song of 2015 and #332 of the '10s.
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"Crystals" was the lead single from Beneath the Skin, the second album by Icelandic indie folk band Of Monsters and Men, released in 2015 on Republic. Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson, Nanna and Ragnar Þórhallsson wrote it, Hilmarsson arranged it, and Rich Costey produced it with the band and mixed it, with Alex Somers engineering.
It's a big, sweeping anthem, with a brass section (Walter Simonsen on trumpet, Erm Navarro on trombone, Stephen Hughes on bass trombone, Lisa McCormick on French horn) and Josefina Vergara's violin swelling behind the chorus. Leif Podhajsky made the single and album artwork. The song also found a life outside the record, turning up in The CW's "Dare to Defy" promo, the first trailer for Pixar's The Good Dinosaur and the FIFA 16 soundtrack.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 39 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2015 | 91 |
| 2015 | 16 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 25 Songs of 2015 | 25 |
| 2015 | 24 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
| 2015 | 30 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2015 | 103 |
| 2015 | 18 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2015 | 99 |
| 2015 | 27 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2015 | 100 |
| 2015 | 45 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2015 | 125 |
| 2015 | 55 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2015 | 88 |
| 2015 | 32 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2015 | 88 |
| 2015 | 9 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015 | 104 |
| 2015 | 20 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2015 | 50 |
| 2015 | 78 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2015 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 947 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
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