Artist · chart history

Story of the Year

Band St. Louis United States Formed 2002

Story of the Year formed in 2002 in St. Louis, United States. Story of the Year has 60 chart appearances on 47 radio countdowns from 27 stations on RockLists, spanning 2003–2023. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Until the Day I Die”, which appears on 28 lists with a best position of #13. The station that charted Story of the Year most often is The Buzz (Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2004.

60appearances

47countdowns

8songs charted

27stations

0#1 finishes

2003–2023years

Story of the Year took the long road out of St. Louis. They started as a nu metal outfit called 67 North, became Big Blue Monkey, and settled on Story of the Year in 2002, after a self-titled EP on the indie Criterion Records; the story that another band already owned the Big Blue Monkey name was, they later admitted, just a cover for not liking it. Dan Marsala sings, Ryan Phillips and Phil Sneed tear at the guitars, Adam Russell plays bass and Josh Wills drums.

Page Avenue, their major-label debut on Maverick in 2003, is emo with its fists up: big melodic hooks slammed against hardcore muscle, and choruses built for kids hanging off the barricade. "Until the Day I Die" and "Anthem of Our Dying Day" were the calling cards. In the Wake of Determination came in 2005 but didn't hit as hard.

They moved to Epitaph for The Black Swan and The Constant, then went fan-funded for Wolves in 2017, produced by Aaron Sprinkle. In 2023 they came back as a four-piece, with Russell back on bass and Sneed gone, for Tear Me to Pieces and a world tour.

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

Songs by Story of the Year on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Until the Day I Die	1,085	28	#13	–	2004
2	Anthem of Our Dying Day	701	17	#3	–	2004
3	We Don't Care Anymore	211	5	#34	–	2005
4	I'm Alive	139	5	#51	–	2010
5	Wake Up	120	2	#38	–	2008
6	Sidewalks	18	1	#187	–	2004
7	Angel In The Swamp	9	1	#125	–	2008
8	Real Life	8	1	#92	–	2023

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

03 04 05 08 10 23

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2023	92	Real Life	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2023
2023	465	Until the Day I Die	WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023)
2022	397	Until the Day I Die	X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time
2019	428	Until the Day I Die	WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019)
2015	398	Until the Day I Die	WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015)
2014	372	Until the Day I Die	WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014)
2010	93	I'm Alive	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2010
2010	51	I'm Alive	105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2010
2010	52	I'm Alive	94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2010
2010	83	I'm Alive	Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2010
2010	84	I'm Alive	94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2010
2008	38	Wake Up	105.7 The Point Top 106 Songs of 2008
2008	47	Wake Up	Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2008
2008	125 (tie)	Angel In The Swamp	WBER Listener Countdown 2008
2005	85	We Don't Care Anymore	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2005
2005	73	We Don't Care Anymore	WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2005
2005	34	We Don't Care Anymore	X96 Top 50 Songs of 2005
2005	84 (tie)	We Don't Care Anymore	WBER Listener Countdown 2005
2005	137	We Don't Care Anymore	ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005
2005	964	Until the Day I Die	99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2004	43	Anthem of Our Dying Day	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2004
2004	61	Until the Day I Die	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2004
2004	54	Until the Day I Die	91X Top 91 Songs of 2004
2004	74	Anthem of Our Dying Day	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2004
2004	93	Until the Day I Die	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2004
2004	50	Until the Day I Die	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004
2004	65	Anthem of Our Dying Day	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004
2004	60	Until the Day I Die	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2004
2004	88	Anthem of Our Dying Day	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2004
2004	33	Until the Day I Die	K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2004
2004	46	Anthem of Our Dying Day	K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2004
2004	70	Anthem of Our Dying Day	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004
2004	64	Anthem of Our Dying Day	89X Top 89 Songs of 2004
2004	22	Until the Day I Die	Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2004
2004	49	Anthem of Our Dying Day	Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2004
2004	97	Until the Day I Die	CHOI Top 98 Songs of 2004
2004	22	Until the Day I Die	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2004
2004	54	Anthem of Our Dying Day	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2004
2004	27	Until the Day I Die	Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2004
2004	82	Anthem of Our Dying Day	Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2004
2004	3	Anthem of Our Dying Day	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2004
2004	13	Until the Day I Die	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2004
2004	18	Anthem of Our Dying Day	X96 Top 50 Songs of 2004
2004	22	Until the Day I Die	99X Essential 99 of 2004
2004	64	Anthem of Our Dying Day	G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2004
2004	74 (tie)	Until the Day I Die	WBER Listener Countdown 2004
2004	86	Anthem of Our Dying Day	99X Essential 99 of 2004
2004	162 (tie)	Anthem of Our Dying Day	WBER Listener Countdown 2004
2004	187 (tie)	Sidewalks	WBER Listener Countdown 2004
2004	30	Until the Day I Die	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2004
2004	51	Anthem of Our Dying Day	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2004
2004	77	Anthem of Our Dying Day	WIRS Top 107 Songs of 2004
2003	94	Until the Day I Die	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003
2003	63	Until the Day I Die	K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2003
2003	85	Until the Day I Die	89X Top 89 Songs of 2003
2003	74	Until the Day I Die	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003
2003	87	Until the Day I Die	Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003
2003	70	Until the Day I Die	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2003
2003	83	Until the Day I Die	Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003
2003	45	Until the Day I Die	Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2003

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