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“This Too Shall Pass” by OK Go
From the album Of the Blue Colour of the Sky (2010)
“This Too Shall Pass” by OK Go appears on 20 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 2010 and 2025. It was first released in 2010 on the album Of the Blue Colour of the Sky. Its best result is #11 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #87 alternative song of 2010, #6,971 alternative song of all time and #377 of the '10s.
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"This Too Shall Pass" was the second single from Of the Blue Colour of the Sky, OK Go's third studio album, released in January 2010, a stomping rocker produced by Dave Fridmann. But the song is only half the story: OK Go made 2 official videos for it, both premiered on YouTube. In the first they play it live with the University of Notre Dame Marching Band; in the second a gigantic Rube Goldberg machine clatters, rolls and topples in perfect time with the track.
That second clip caught on the way "Here It Goes Again" had, and it pumped up their concert business and sales of the single, though not of the album. Rows with EMI, their parent label, over how the videos could be marketed and distributed pushed the band to start their own independent label soon afterwards.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 89 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 | 101 |
| 2010 | 90 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2010 | 101 |
| 2010 | 24 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 | 101 |
| 2010 | 24 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2010 | 88 |
| 2010 | 11 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2010 | 103 |
| 2010 | 89 | 90.5 WERG Erie, PA | WERG Top 90 of 2010 | 90 |
| 2010 | 75 | 89.9 WLCA St. Louis, MO | WLCA Top 89 of 2010 | 89 |
| 2010 | 45 | FM 102/1 Milwaukee, WI | FM 102/1 Top 50 of 2010 | 50 |
| 2010 | 36 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2010 | 51 |
| 2010 | 47 | Channel 92.3 San Jose / San Francisco Bay Area, CA | Channel 92.3 Top 92 Songs of 2010 | 92 |
| 2010 | 12 | WBRU Providence, RI | WBRU Top 95 Songs of 2010 | 95 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1853 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1932 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 2012 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2013 | 756 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2019 | 462 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 462 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2025 | 209 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 529 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 339 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
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