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“Face Down” by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
From the album Don’t You Fake It (2006)
“Face Down” by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus appears on 32 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 2006 and 2026. It was first released in 2006 on the album Don’t You Fake It. Its best result is #8 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #38 alternative song of 2007, #1,370 alternative song of all time and #281 of the '00s.
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"Face Down" was the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus's calling card: the first single from their 2006 debut album, Don't You Fake It, on Virgin, written by Ronnie Winter and produced by David Bendeth. It's pop-punk with a hard edge and a chorus pitched for the back row.
It turned into a marathon: 52 weeks on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, tying 30 Seconds to Mars' "The Kill" as the longest run there by a song that never made number one. It peaked at 24 in America and four in New Zealand, and it remains the band's biggest single, eventually going quadruple platinum in the US, double platinum in New Zealand and even gold in Britain, where it never charted at all.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1068 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1341 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1367 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 42 | 94.1 The Zone | 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade | 210 |
| 2010 | 1399 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1461 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1522 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1580 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2014 | 71 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) | 500 |
| 2015 | 75 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) | 500 |
| 2019 | 71 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2020 | 388 | DC101 | The DC101 Top 500 | 500 |
| 2022 | 298 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2023 | 85 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
| 2026 | 187 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
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