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“Understanding in a Car Crash” by Thursday
From the album Full Collapse (2001)
“Understanding in a Car Crash” by Thursday appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations in 2002. It was first released in 2001 on the album Full Collapse. Its best result is #17 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #159 alternative song of 2002.
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"Understanding in a Car Crash" comes off Full Collapse, post-hardcore band Thursday's second album, and in late 2001 it became their first single, though nobody asked them. Victory Records picked it, and shot the video, while the band was on tour with Saves the Day, all without Thursday's consent. The clip is bare-bones concert footage, shots piling over one another, and MTV2 gave it airtime in early 2002.
The music is credited to five names (Tom Keeley, Tim Payne, Steve Pedulla, Geoff Rickly and Tucker Rule), with Rickly writing the words, and the song outgrew its awkward start. It's arguably still their best-known track and a live staple, usually played alongside "The Other Side of the Crash/Over and Out (Of Control)", a 2006 song from A City by the Light Divided that tells the same story from the opposite side.
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 | 101 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 | 101 |
| 2002 | 80 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2002 | 107 |
| 2002 | 17 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2002 | 224 |
Also listed as: Understanding A Car Crash.
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