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“Blue and Yellow” by The Used

From the album The Used (2002)

“Blue and Yellow” by The Used appears on 14 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 2003 and 2022. It was first released in 2002 on the album The Used. Its best result is #3 on the 89X Top 89 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #74 alternative song of 2003 and #6,285 alternative song of all time.

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Blue and Yellow (Official Video)

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The Used's 2002 self-titled debut threw off "Blue and Yellow" as its third single in May 2003, and under all the emo bruising it's a song about friendship, specifically the bond between singer Bert McCracken and guitarist Quinn Allman. McCracken sings it like his heart's on the outside of his shirt, while Allman's guitar, Jeph Howard's bass and Branden Steineckert's drums build from a hush to a full-throated rush. All four share the writing credit, and John Feldmann produced, engineered and mixed it.

The video skipped the soundstage altogether. It's a scrapbook of footage from the band's previous 2 years, cutting between a cramped little room, McCracken singing in a blue room and shots from the road, and it later landed on the Maybe Memories DVD.

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
2003	91	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003	107
2003	83	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003	106
2003	81	WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003	100
2003	74	K-Rock New York, NY	K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2003	92
2003	3	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2003	89
2003	53	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2003	99
2003	87	102.1 The Edge Dallas-Fort Worth, TX	KDGE Top 102 Songs of 2003	102
2003	66	WBER Rochester, NY	WBER Listener Countdown 2003	196
2003	9	88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 50 Songs of 2003	50
2003	91	102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003	103
2003	99	103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL	Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2003	103
2003	81	Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart)	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003	100
2005	365	ModernRock.com Online	ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005	400

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2022	376	X96	X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time	500

Also listed as: Blue & Yellow; Blue And Yellow.

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