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“The Bird and the Worm” by The Used
From the album Lies for the Liars (2007)
“The Bird and the Worm” by The Used appears on 8 radio countdowns from 8 stations in 2007. It was first released in 2007 on the album Lies for the Liars. Its best result is #4 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #55 alternative song of 2007.
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"The Bird and the Worm" was the first single from Lies for the Liars, the Used's 2007 third album, and it hides something painful under its theatrics: the song is about Bert McCracken's brother and his struggle with schizophrenia. McCracken wrote it with Quinn Allman and Jeph Howard, John Feldmann produced and recorded it, and Chris Lord-Alge mixed it loud and glossy, with the cackling that Loudwire described as evil laughter lurking in the mix.
It went on to become the band's highest-charting single, climbing to number 9 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, and its video got a respectable run on MTV and the other music channels.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 104 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2007 | 107 |
| 2007 | 70 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2007 | 91 |
| 2007 | 97 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2007 | 106 |
| 2007 | 30 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 20 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2007 | 107 |
| 2007 | 35 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2007 | 89 |
| 2007 | 40 | KWOD Sacramento, CA | KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2007 | 106 |
| 2007 | 4 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2007 | 88 |
Also listed as: The Bird And The Worm; The Bird and The Worm.
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