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“Buried Myself Alive” by The Used

From the album The Used (2002)

“Buried Myself Alive” by The Used appears on 19 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 2002 and 2005. It was first released in 2002 on the album The Used. Its best result is #12 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 40 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #59 alternative song of 2003, #6,177 alternative song of all time and #448 of the '00s.

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18stations

#12best position

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2002–2005years charted

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Buried Myself Alive (Official Video)

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"Buried Myself Alive" was the second single the Used pulled from their self-titled 2002 debut, and it's the band at full shriek: Bert McCracken howling and sneering up front, Quinn Allman's guitar lurching between jagged and anthemic, Jeph Howard and Branden Steineckert driving the whole mess forward, with the other three piling in on the gang vocals. John Feldmann produced, engineered and mixed it, keeping every raw edge sharp enough to cut.

The video, directed by Arni and Kinski, takes the title literally and then some. While the band plays in a cramped room, each member is stuck somewhere with no way out: McCracken buried in a coffin, Allman hanging upside down in a bedroom, Steineckert lost in a hall of mirrors and Howard drowning in a sewer.

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
2002	99	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002	107
2002	12	88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 40 Songs of 2002	40
2003	71	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003	107
2003	74	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003	106
2003	55	Q101 Chicago, IL	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003	101
2003	52	WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003	100
2003	66	K-Rock New York, NY	K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2003	92
2003	54	WFNX Boston, MA	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2003	100
2003	36	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2003	89
2003	71	Y100 Philadelphia, PA	Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003	100
2003	40	CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON	CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2003	102
2003	75	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2003	99
2003	94	102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003	103
2003	72	103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL	Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2003	103
2003	53	102.1 The Edge Dallas-Fort Worth, TX	KDGE Top 102 Songs of 2003	102
2003	99	WBCN Boston, MA	WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003	104
2003	68 (tie)	WBER Rochester, NY	WBER Listener Countdown 2003	196
2003	65	Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart)	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003	100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2005	724	99X	99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)	1000

Charting alongside it in 2003

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