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“Re-Offender” by Travis
“Re-Offender” by Travis appears on 10 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2003 and 2005. Its best result is #20 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #112 alternative song of 2003 and #6,943 alternative song of all time.
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"Re-Offender" was the first single from Travis's fourth album, 12 Memories, released in September 2003, and it's a good deal darker than the Scottish band's earlier records. It's about singer Fran Healy's father's abuse of his mother. He once asked her why she stayed so long, and her answer was the cycle itself: the apology, the promise it would never happen again, and then the next time.
Healy explained the change of subject to NME in August 2003: he'd always written about love, and now he was writing about other things. The video shows them working small rooms around Glasgow, and the song later turned up in two episodes of One Tree Hill.
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 | 84 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2003 | 91 |
| 2003 | 20 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 | 101 |
| 2003 | 67 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2003 | 102 |
| 2003 | 94 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2003 | 99 |
| 2003 | 93 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003 | 104 |
| 2003 | 61 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2003 | 196 |
| 2003 | 60 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1925 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1925 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1916 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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