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“Substitution” by Silversun Pickups
From the album Swoon (2009)
“Substitution” by Silversun Pickups appears on 26 radio countdowns from 19 stations between 2009 and 2014. It was first released in 2009 on the album Swoon. Its best result is #18 on the WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #46 alternative song of 2009, #7,620 alternative song of all time and #411 of the '00s.
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"Substitution" was the second single from Swoon, Silversun Pickups' second album, sent to American modern rock radio on September 15, 2009. Dave Cooley produced and Tony Hoffer mixed, and the song has a dense crush of fuzzed-out guitars and a jittery, restless pulse, Brian Aubert's voice floating over the din. It reached number 17 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart and number 26 on Rock Songs.
The Malloys directed the video, which premiered the same day: color-coded models play musical chairs while the band plays. Aubert said the prize was real and things got ugly, and that for all its bright silliness he considered it by far the darkest clip the band had made.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1978 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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