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“Brick By Boring Brick” by Paramore

From the album Brand New Eyes (2009)

“Brick By Boring Brick” by Paramore appears on 21 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 2009 and 2020. It was first released in 2009 on the album Brand New Eyes. Its best result is #4 on the 96X Top 20 of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #40 alternative song of 2010 and #112 of the '10s.

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17stations

#4best position

0#1 finishes

2top 10 finishes

2009–2020years charted

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Paramore picked "Brick by Boring Brick" as the follow-up single from Brand New Eyes, their third album, near the end of 2009, and it's pop-punk with a gleefully dark streak. Hayley Williams wrote it with guitarist Josh Farro, and Rob Cavallo produced it with the band, with Chris Lord-Alge on the mix and Jamie Muhoberac adding organ and keyboards around Farro and Taylor York's guitars, Jeremy Davis's bass and Zac Farro's drums.

Critics went for it. Digital Spy found it infectious and wickedly dark, with Williams leading a big wordless climax; Rolling Stone caught a Smashing Pumpkins streak in its sound; and the BBC gave it full marks. It also turned up on The Vampire Diaries in the spring of 2010, and "The Only Exception" followed it as the next single.

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
2009	20	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2009	89
2009	27	88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2009	88
2009	47	KFMA Tucson, AZ	KFMA Top 50 Songs of 2009	50
2009	43	ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA	Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2009	51
2009	12	WBRU Providence, RI	WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2009	96
2010	81	WFNX Boston, MA	WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2010	101
2010	54	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2010	89
2010	43	CD101 Columbus, OH	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2010	101
2010	11	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2010	99
2010	4	96X Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA	96X Top 20 of 2010	20
2010	19	94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY	94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2010	91
2010	7	X96 Salt Lake City, UT	X96 Top 50 Songs of 2010	50
2010	38	94.3 WCYY Portland, ME	WCYY Top 50 of 2010	50
2010	29	89.7 The River Omaha, NE / Council Bluffs, IA	89.7 The River Top 89 of 2010	89
2010	62	90.5 WERG Erie, PA	WERG Top 90 of 2010	90
2010	24	Channel 92.3 San Jose / San Francisco Bay Area, CA	Channel 92.3 Top 92 Songs of 2010	92
2010	50	103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL	Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2010	103
2010	57	KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA	KSLG Top 94 Slugtunez of 2010	94
2010	46	ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA	Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2010	51
2010	13	WBRU Providence, RI	WBRU Top 95 Songs of 2010	95

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2020	25	X96	X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade	100

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