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“Decode” by Paramore

From the album Brand New Eyes (2009)

“Decode” by Paramore appears on 25 radio countdowns from 20 stations between 2008 and 2009. It was first released in 2009 on the album Brand New Eyes. Its best result is #3 on the 96X Top 30 of 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #33 alternative song of 2009 and #152 of the '00s.

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Paramore: Decode [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

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"Decode" was Paramore's gift to the Twilight soundtrack in 2008, a moody rock song for a romantic fantasy movie, and it served as the soundtrack's lead single after first surfacing on author Stephenie Meyer's website. Hayley Williams wrote it with guitarists Josh Farro and Taylor York, and it later showed up as a bonus track on the international edition of their third album, Brand New Eyes.

Rob Cavallo produced with the band and Chris Lord-Alge mixed, and the sound is all brooding tension and release: Williams cool and wary in the verses before she lets rip, Zac Farro and Jeremy Davis pounding underneath. It went top 20 in Australia, France and New Zealand, won the Teen Choice Award for Choice Rock Song, and earned a Grammy nomination for music written for film and TV.

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#StationCountdownof
2008 41 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2008 106
2008 39 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2008 91
2008 76 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2008 105
2008 43 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2008 51
2008 26 KFMA Tucson, AZ KFMA Top 50 Songs of 2008 50
2008 37 KWOD Sacramento, CA KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2008 106
2008 96 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 106 Songs of 2008 105
2008 81 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2008 88
2008 36 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2008 94
2008 58 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 of 2008 94
2009 12 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 20 Songs of 2009 20
2009 36 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2009 91
2009 23 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2009 101
2009 20 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2009 99
2009 22 X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA X103.9 Top Songs of 2009 103
2009 14 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2009 94
2009 8 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2009 51
2009 3 96X Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA 96X Top 30 of 2009 30
2009 69 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2009 105
2009 23 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME WCYY Top 50 of 2009 50
2009 11 90.5 WERG Erie, PA WERG Top 90 of 2009 90
2009 52 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2009 103
2009 35 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2009 99
2009 60 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2009 103
2009 8 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 of 2009 94

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