Song · Paramore
“This Is Why” by Paramore
From the album This Is Why (2023)
“This Is Why” by Paramore appears on 16 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 2022 and 2025. It was first released in 2023 on the album This Is Why. Its best result is #3 on the Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2022. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #7 alternative song of 2022 and #10 of the '20s.
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"This Is Why" is the title track and the first song Paramore released from their sixth album, arriving in September 2022 with its video the same day, and it nearly didn't exist. It was the last thing written for the record: Hayley Williams was sick of writing lyrics, and Taylor York talked her and Zac Farro into chasing one final idea.
What they got is jittery, wiry dance-punk, the three of them co-writing, with Henry Solomon adding flute and bass clarinet, Brian Robert Jones on bass and Carlos de la Garza producing. Williams pitched it as a summary of the absurd emotional whiplash of being alive in 2022, of surviving the pandemic years and having hoped people would come out of them a little kinder. It went on to win the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Performance.
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
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 827 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 476 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 207 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
Also listed as: This is Why.
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