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“Downfall” by Trust Company

From the album The Lonely Position of Neutral (2002)

“Downfall” by Trust Company appears on 19 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 2002 and 2019. It was first released in 2002 on the album The Lonely Position of Neutral. Its best result is #11 on the WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #44 alternative song of 2002, #6,355 alternative song of all time and #330 of the '00s.

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"Downfall" was Trust Company's calling card, the lead single from their 2002 debut The Lonely Position of Neutral on Geffen, and it plays the nu metal game with real conviction. All four members wrote it together: Kevin Palmer singing and playing guitar beside James Fukai, Josh Moates on bass and Jason Singleton on drums. The riffs slam down like a door while Palmer's voice starts out almost gentle and then climbs to meet them, the exact push and pull the band said summed them up.

Don Gilmore produced and Andy Wallace mixed, so it lands with polished, radio-ready weight. The video, with Palmer strolling down a street as a huge blast of wind tears at everything he passes, got plenty of MTV2 play, and the song went on to turn up in video games and serve as the main theme for Vengeance in 2002.

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
2002	43	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002	107
2002	45	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002	106
2002	61	Q101 Chicago, IL	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002	101
2002	44	WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002	100
2002	32	K-Rock New York, NY	K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002	92
2002	11	WFNX Boston, MA	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002	100
2002	67	107.7 The End Seattle, WA	The End Top 107 Songs of 2002	107
2002	27	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2002	89
2002	32	Y100 Philadelphia, PA	Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002	100
2002	58	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002	99
2002	23	WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT	WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002	106
2002	95	102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002	103
2002	13	Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT	WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002	104
2002	46	103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL	Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002	103
2002	23	Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart)	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002	99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2010	21	94.1 The Zone	94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade	210
2014	429	94.3 WCYY	WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014)	500
2015	461	94.3 WCYY	WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015)	500
2019	495	94.3 WCYY	WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019)	500

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