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“Black Honey” by Thrice
From the album To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere (2016)
“Black Honey” by Thrice appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2016 and 2017. It was first released in 2016 on the album To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere. Its best result is #5 on the SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2016. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #362 alternative song of 2017.
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"Black Honey" was Thrice's comeback single in 2016, taken from To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere, their ninth album, which followed a hiatus that began in 2012 and a reunion in 2015. It's a political song dressed as a parable: a man swatting at a beehive to get at the honey stands in for American involvement in the Middle East and the Islamic State that grew out of it, and the "black honey" of the title is oil.
The return paid off. The song climbed to number 11 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, the highest any Thrice single had ever gone, and their first charting single since "Image of the Invisible" back in 2005.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | SiriusXM Octane National (SiriusXM satellite radio) | SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2016 | 30 |
| 2017 | 87 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017 | 99 |
| 2017 | 42 | 98KUPD Phoenix, AZ | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2017 | 98 |
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