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“Move Along” by The All-American Rejects
From the album Move Along (2005)
“Move Along” by The All-American Rejects appears on 10 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2005 and 2026. It was first released in 2005 on the album Move Along. Its best result is #7 on the 89X Top 89 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #96 alternative song of 2006 and #5,440 alternative song of all time.
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"Move Along" gave the All-American Rejects' second album its title, and in early 2006 it became the record's second single. Nick Wheeler and Tyson Ritter wrote it late in the game, when the band was running on fumes and doubting it would ever get to make that second record at all; their manager kept telling them to write more, and this and "It Ends Tonight" were the last two songs they came up with. Wheeler notes that both went on to become top-10 hits.
He has called it an anti-suicide song, about believing in yourself and pushing through, and it plays like a pep talk with the amps cranked: pop-punk drive, a choir swelling behind the band and Jamie Muhoberac's piano in the mix. Howard Benson produced it and Chris Lord-Alge mixed it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 72 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2005 | 107 |
| 2005 | 59 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 | 101 |
| 2005 | 59 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2005 | 100 |
| 2005 | 147 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
| 2006 | 28 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2006 | 107 |
| 2006 | 96 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 | 101 |
| 2006 | 7 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2006 | 89 |
| 2006 | 52 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2006 | 88 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 466 | X96 | X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time | 500 |
| 2026 | 303 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
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