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“The Writing's On The Wall” by OK Go
From the album Hungry Ghosts (2014)
“The Writing's On The Wall” by OK Go appears on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2014 and 2025. It was first released in 2014 on the album Hungry Ghosts. Its best result is #22 on the CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2014. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #92 alternative song of 2014.
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"The Writing's on the Wall" first surfaced in June 2014 on OK Go's EP Upside Out and went on to lead off Hungry Ghosts, the band's fourth studio album. Damian Kulash, Jr. and Tim Nordwind wrote it, Dave Fridmann produced and recorded it, and Jeremy Wheatley mixed. The song is about a relationship coming apart because the two people in it simply see things differently.
The video, out the same day, turns that idea into a physical puzzle: the band use props to stage optical illusions, all caught in one unbroken take, the way OK Go clips tend to be. Its YouTube numbers did the heavy lifting, pushing the song into the top ten of Billboard's Hot Rock Songs and to the top of the Bubbling Under Hot 100.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 22 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2014 | 103 |
| 2014 | 68 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2014 | 89 |
| 2014 | 50 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2014 | 103 |
| 2014 | 179 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2014 | 200 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 654 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 486 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
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