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“Reptilia” by The Strokes

From the album Room on Fire (2003)

“Reptilia” by The Strokes appears on 35 radio countdowns from 24 stations between 2003 and 2026. It was first released in 2003 on the album Room on Fire. Its best result is #10 on the K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #37 alternative song of 2004, #2,306 alternative song of all time and #318 of the '00s.

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#10best position
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2003–2026years charted

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The Strokes - Reptilia (Official HD Video)

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"Reptilia" is the lean, twitchy heart of Room on Fire, the Strokes' second album from 2003, and it went out as the record's second single. Julian Casablancas wrote it and Gordon Raphael produced, and the song is all nerves: guitars that jab and tangle like live wires, a rhythm that won't sit still, and Casablancas lurching from bored drawl to full-throated yelp when the chorus hits.

The single's sleeve borrowed an alien from the video game Centipede, and its B-side was a duet with Regina Spektor; Casablancas held up the release because he wanted her name billed first. It went gold in the UK, and the song later turned up in Guitar Hero III, Guitar Hero Live and Rock Band. In 2020 Paste ranked it sixth among the 20 greatest Strokes songs.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2003 83 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2003 100
2004 40 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2004 107
2004 58 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2004 91
2004 13 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2004 106
2004 39 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 101
2004 85 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2004 100
2004 10 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2004 93
2004 30 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004 100
2004 18 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 77 Songs of 2004 77
2004 74 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2004 89
2004 55 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2004 99
2004 68 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004 102
2004 33 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2004 99
2004 78 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2004 105
2004 37 99X Atlanta, GA 99X Essential 99 of 2004 99
2004 49 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2004 88
2004 68 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004 103
2004 68 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2004 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2005 82 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium 96
2006 84 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Songs of the Millennium (December 2006) 107
2006 327 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 1178 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1312 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1214 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1086 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 936 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 822 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 749 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2022 317 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2022 611 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time 1055
2024 344 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055
2024 266 WXPN WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) 885
2025 229 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909
2025 338 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) 714
2026 411 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound 1055

Charting alongside it in 2004

Best songs of 2004 →
  1. 1Somebody Told MeThe Killers
  2. 2American IdiotGreen Day
  3. 3Float OnModest Mouse
  4. 4Take Me OutFranz Ferdinand
  5. 5VertigoU2
  6. 6MegalomaniacIncubus

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