Song · The Arcade Fire
“Black Mirror” by The Arcade Fire
From the album Neon Bible (2007)
“Black Mirror” by The Arcade Fire appears on 7 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2007 and 2022. It was first released in 2007 on the album Neon Bible. Its best result is #64 on the 89X Top 89 Songs of 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #359 alternative song of 2007.
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"Black Mirror" was the first taste of Neon Bible, Arcade Fire's second album, at least in America (in Britain "Keep the Car Running" got that job). The band announced it on January 19, 2007, streamed it on their website's "Win's Scrapbook" page, and Merge put it out three days later. Arcade Fire wrote, arranged and produced it, Scott Colburn and Markus Dravs recorded it, Mark “Spike” Stent mixed it, and Liza Rey guests on harp.
The video, starring Mathieu Samaille, came from Olivier Groulx and Tracy Maurice, who also art-directed Neon Bible and Funeral, and Vincent Morisset built an interactive version that lets viewers switch instruments on and off. The title had a long afterlife, too: the British TV series Black Mirror took its name from the song.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 88 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2007 | 100 |
| 2007 | 64 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2007 | 89 |
| 2007 | 99 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2007 | 103 |
| 2007 | 85 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2007 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 523 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2013 | 686 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2022 | 722 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
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