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“The Way You Used To Do” by Queens of the Stone Age

From the album Villains (2017)

“The Way You Used To Do” by Queens of the Stone Age appears on 17 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 2017 and 2025. It was first released in 2017 on the album Villains. Its best result is #1 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #3 alternative song of 2017 and #272 of the '10s.

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14stations

#1best position

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2017–2025years charted

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"The Way You Used to Do" was the first taste of Queens of the Stone Age's Villains, released on June 15, 2017, and it's the sound of Josh Homme deciding hard rock needed a dance floor. Mark Ronson produced it, and he keeps the riff lean and the groove bouncing: Homme and Troy Van Leeuwen's guitars hop and snap, Michael Shuman's bass struts, and Jon Theodore swings the whole thing like a rockabilly band that found the good stuff. Homme wrote the words and croons them with a leer.

Rolling Stone called it "grisly and jumping", Alan Moulder gave it a sleek mix, and Jonas Åkerlund directed the video. It also turned up on the soundtrack of the racing game Need for Speed Payback.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2017	15	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2017	91
2017	4	CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON	102.1 The Edge's Top 20 Songs of 2017	20
2017	26	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017	99
2017	17	93.3 WMMR Philadelphia, PA	WMMR Top 25 Songs of 2017	25
2017	45	98KUPD Phoenix, AZ	98KUPD Top 98 of 2017	98
2017	99	WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD	WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2017	104
2017	32	WTMD Baltimore, MD	WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2017	89
2017	12	WBER Rochester, NY	WBER Listener Countdown 2017	104
2017	1	88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2017	88
2017	65	102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2017	103
2017	19	The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2017	89
2017	21	WERS 88.9 Boston, MA	WERS Top 88 Songs of 2017	88
2017	36	99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT	99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2017	99
2017	87	Triple J Australia (national)	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017	100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2018	819	WTMD	WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018	896
2020	67	CFNY 102.1 The Edge	102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s	102
2025	766	The Current	893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now	893

Also listed as: The Way You Used to Do; The Way You Used To.

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