Song · System of a Down
“Psycho” by System of a Down
From the album Toxicity (2001)
“Psycho” by System of a Down appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2002 and 2006. It was first released in 2001 on the album Toxicity. Its best result is #30 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #157 alternative song of 2002 and #5,904 alternative song of all time.
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"Psycho" comes from System of a Down's Toxicity, released on August 27, 2001, and it's a Daron Malakian creation through and through: he wrote the music, co-wrote the words with Serj Tankian, plays the guitar, trades vocals with Tankian and sits in the producer's chair beside Rick Rubin, with Tankian credited as co-producer.
The rest of the band keeps the machine lurching: Shavo Odadjian on bass and extra vocals, John Dolmayan on drums, and Tankian adding keyboard on top of his vocal gymnastics. David Schiffman engineered it, Greg Collins and Darren Mora pitched in with additional engineering, and Andy Wallace mixed it, which is why all that mania comes out of the speakers sounding so clean and so huge.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 30 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 | 107 |
| 2002 | 52 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 | 92 |
| 2002 | 94 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 328 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
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