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“Sound of Madness” by Shinedown
From the album The Sound of Madness (2008)
“Sound of Madness” by Shinedown appears on 20 radio countdowns from 16 stations between 2009 and 2025. It was first released in 2008 on the album The Sound of Madness. Its best result is #5 on the KILO Top 50 of 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #43 alternative song of 2009, #4,239 alternative song of all time and #393 of the '00s.
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The title track of Shinedown's 2008 album The Sound of Madness, minus the "The", this one had to earn its spot. Brent Smith wrote it with Dave Bassett, and the band tried it out on a short run of live dates before settling on it as the song to carry the album's name. Doug McKean engineered and mixed it for Atlantic.
It's alternative metal with the volume knob torn off, Smith out front and the hook aimed squarely at the arena rafters. Following "Second Chance" out the door (Europe got it as a single in February 2009), it went to No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock chart, the band's third straight trip to the top there, and No. 5 on Modern Rock Tracks. It also made Shinedown the only band whose first 10 singles had all landed in the Mainstream Rock top five.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 24 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2009 | 101 |
| 2009 | 22 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2009 | 89 |
| 2009 | 13 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2009 | 99 |
| 2009 | 31 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2009 | 103 |
| 2009 | 46 | WVBR Ithaca, NY | WVBR Top 93 of 2009 | 92 |
| 2009 | 26 | 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME | WCYY Top 50 of 2009 | 50 |
| 2009 | 58 | X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA | X103.9 Top Songs of 2009 | 103 |
| 2009 | 48 | KFMA Tucson, AZ | KFMA Top 50 Songs of 2009 | 50 |
| 2009 | 5 | 94.3 KILO Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO | KILO Top 50 of 2009 | 50 |
| 2009 | 14 | 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO | 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2009 | 105 |
| 2009 | 48 | 90.5 WERG Erie, PA | WERG Top 90 of 2009 | 90 |
| 2009 | 22 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2009 | 99 |
| 2009 | 8 | 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX | 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2009 | 94 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 200 | 94.1 The Zone | 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade | 210 |
| 2013 | 67 | KBPI | KBPI Top 200 Songs of All Time | 200 |
| 2014 | 322 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) | 500 |
| 2015 | 337 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) | 500 |
| 2020 | 20 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade | 99 |
| 2023 | 378 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
| 2025 | 23 | 94.1 WJJO | WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2025 | 100 |
Also listed as: Sound Of Madness.
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