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“Another Brick in the Wall” by Pink Floyd

Released 1980

“Another Brick in the Wall” by Pink Floyd appears on 74 radio countdowns from 29 stations between 1980 and 2026. It was first released in 1980. Its best result is #1 on the 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017), and it was voted number one on two countdowns in total. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #6 alternative song of 1980, #2,023 alternative song of all time and #497 of the '80s.

74countdowns
29stations
#1best position
2#1 finishes
29top 10 finishes
1980–2026years charted

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"Another Brick in the Wall" is Roger Waters' three-part piece threaded through The Wall, Pink Floyd's eleventh studio album from 1979, and "Part 2" is the one that broke out. It's a protest against cruel, rigid schooling and the teachers who use the rod, and it gets its sting from a children's choir singing the protest themselves.

Producer Bob Ezrin pushed the band to bring in a disco pulse, and the result is a cold, loping groove in Dorian mode. It was the band's first UK single in over a decade, it went to number one in 14 countries, America and Britain among them, and it was the UK's Christmas No. 1 in 1979. It later won a BAFTA for Best Original Song.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1980 6 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980 106

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 268 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1991 77 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) 500
1994 18 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 9 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 22 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1996 111 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) 500
1997 10 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1997 15 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1998 9 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 15 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2001 5 KISW KISW Top 99 Rock Songs (2001) 99
2001 39 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2001 1134 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2004 238 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2004 20 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2005 27 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2005 13 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 100 Brit Songs of All-Time (May 2005) 100
2006 63 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) 500
2007 392 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2009 358 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2010 10 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2011 14 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2012 76 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 174 WYEP WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown 500
2012 145 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 29 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 198 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2013 10 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 61 KBPI KBPI Top 200 Songs of All Time 200
2014 616 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 11 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2016 3 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2016 2 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2017 1 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2017 14 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2018 614 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2018 14 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2019 3 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 225 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 1 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2020 5 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2020 41 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 3 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 26 97.1 The River River 500 (2020) 47
2020 47 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2021 9 KISW KISW 25 Greatest Rock Songs from the 1970s 25
2021 7 KISW KISW 25 Biggest Rock Songs From The Past 50 Years 25
2021 5 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2021 8 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 9 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2022 14 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 247 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2022 3 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 9 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 27 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 10 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2023 3 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 7 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 8 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 15 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 4 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2024 77 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 433 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2024 5 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 13 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2024 6 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 112 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2025 10 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 47 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2025 12 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2026 331 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2026) 500
2026 21 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500
2026 18 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Another Brick in the Wall Part II; Another Brick In The Wall; Another Brick In The Wall (Pt. 2); Another Brick in the Wall (Pt.2); Another Brick in the Wall (Pt. 2); Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2.

Charting alongside it in 1980

Best songs of 1980 →
  1. 1And the Cradle Will RockVan Halen
  2. 2Another One Bites the DustQueen
  3. 3Whip ItDevo
  4. 4Don't Stand So Close to MeThe Police
  5. 5Once in a LifetimeTalking Heads
  6. 6You Shook Me All Night LongAC/DC

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