Song · Starset
“My Demons” by Starset
From the EP The Prox Transmissions (2013)
“My Demons” by Starset appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2013 and 2014. It was first released in 2013 on the EP The Prox Transmissions. Its best result is #4 on the KILO 2014 Top 40 Rock Countdown. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #4 hard rock song of 2014 and #28 of the '10s.
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"My Demons" was the song that introduced Starset, first out on The Prox Transmissions EP in 2013 and then serving as the first single from their debut album, Transmissions, on Razor & Tie. Dustin Bates wrote it with Steve Aiello and Rob Graves, and it climbed to number 5 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart in 2014.
It's heavy alternative rock fed through a sci-fi lens, electronics, strings and a stack of eerie samples piled on top of chunky guitar and a chorus built to stick. Bates has pitched the story as a beaten-down hero who draws his power from the woman he loves, something like Tony Stark and Pepper Potts, while the Denver Cavins video spins off a tale he'd read about Nikola Tesla picking up an alien signal in 1901. Live, the band sometimes strips it back to acoustic.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 10 | SiriusXM Octane National (SiriusXM satellite radio) | SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2013 | 30 |
| 2014 | 4 | SiriusXM Octane National (SiriusXM satellite radio) | SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2014 | 30 |
| 2014 | 4 | 94.3 KILO Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO | KILO 2014 Top 40 Rock Countdown | 40 |
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