Song · Pennywise
“The Western World” by Pennywise
From the album Reason to Believe (2008)
“The Western World” by Pennywise appears on 12 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2008 and 2009. It was first released in 2008 on the album Reason to Believe. Its best result is #1 on the KFMA Top 50 Songs of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #28 alternative song of 2008 and #470 of the '00s.
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"The Western World" was the first single from Reason to Believe, the ninth album from Pennywise, and it gave the punk veterans a new personal best: their highest debut on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, where it reached number 22. It went over even bigger in Peru, entering the rock chart there at number one and sitting on top for four weeks.
The video plays out like a punk-rock sci-fi satire. Identical supermodels play the song while more models strut the catwalk and businessmen wave cash in the air, until it turns out the whole lot are robots cooked up by scientists hiding behind a curtain. SWAT officers hold back the ordinary folks, and by the end the lab coats are pumping their fists and shouting along.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 26 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2008 | 106 |
| 2008 | 11 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2008 | 91 |
| 2008 | 39 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2008 | 105 |
| 2008 | 27 | KWOD Sacramento, CA | KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2008 | 106 |
| 2008 | 123 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2008 | 136 |
| 2008 | 72 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2008 | 99 |
| 2008 | 12 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2008 | 103 |
| 2008 | 50 | 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY | 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2008 | 94 |
| 2008 | 1 | KFMA Tucson, AZ | KFMA Top 50 Songs of 2008 | 50 |
| 2008 | 92 | 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO | 105.7 The Point Top 106 Songs of 2008 | 105 |
| 2008 | 41 | KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA | KSLG Top 94 of 2008 | 94 |
| 2009 | 85 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2009 | 91 |
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