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“An Honest Mistake” by The Bravery

From the album The Bravery (2005)

“An Honest Mistake” by The Bravery appears on 34 radio countdowns from 22 stations between 2005 and 2024. It was first released in 2005 on the album The Bravery. Its best result is #3 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #12 alternative song of 2005, #1,336 alternative song of all time and #143 of the '00s.

34countdowns
22stations
#3best position
0#1 finishes
5top 10 finishes
2005–2024years charted

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"An Honest Mistake" was the Bravery's first single, the song that launched their self-titled 2005 debut on Polydor, and it's Sam Endicott's show from top to bottom: he wrote it and produced it, with Steven Lourie on drums.

It's a wiry, nervy dance-floor rocker with a beat that struts and a chorus Endicott delivers with a sneer, the kind of song built for a packed club at the end of the night, all swagger and tight, clipped hooks.

In Britain it went top 10 on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at 7, and it got to 33 in Ireland.

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#StationCountdownof
2005 5 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2005 107
2005 7 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2005 91
2005 3 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2005 106
2005 49 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 101
2005 7 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2005 100
2005 22 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2005 107
2005 74 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2005 89
2005 11 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 101
2005 22 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 150
2005 78 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2005 102
2005 31 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2005 99
2005 44 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2005 230
2005 24 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 40 Songs of 2005 40
2005 30 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2005 103
2005 3 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2005 50
2005 48 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005 100
2005 32 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2005 100
2005 26 CRNC 90.1 Niagara / Toronto, ON CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of 2005 91
2005 40 ModernRock.com Online ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 400

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2006 62 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Songs of the Millennium (December 2006) 107
2006 459 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 186 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 140 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 224 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 96 WFNX WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 2009) 101
2009 489 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 230 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 229 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 221 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 209 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 206 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2018 219 WTMD WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 896
2022 659 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2024 489 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055

Charting alongside it in 2005

Best songs of 2005 →
  1. 1Best of YouFoo Fighters
  2. 2Feel Good Inc.Gorillaz
  3. 3Beverly HillsWeezer
  4. 4The Hand That FeedsNine Inch Nails
  5. 5HolidayGreen Day
  6. 6Speed of SoundColdplay

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