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“Heathens” by Twenty One Pilots
From the EP TOPxMM: the MUTEMATH sessions (2016)
“Heathens” by Twenty One Pilots appears on 21 radio countdowns from 16 stations between 2016 and 2026. It was first released in 2016 on the EP TOPxMM: the MUTEMATH sessions. Its best result is #1 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2016, and it was voted number one on three countdowns in total. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #7 alternative song of 2016, #2,361 alternative song of all time and #101 of the '10s.
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"Heathens" came out in June 2016 as the lead single from the soundtrack to Suicide Squad, the DC Comics film about a team of antiheroes, but Tyler Joseph wrote it with one rule: it had to belong to Twenty One Pilots first, something that would land with their fans and fit their live show, and serve the movie second. He produced it with Mike Elizondo.
It's a slow, menacing creep of a rap-rock song, Joseph half-rapping, half-warning over a coiled beat that never quite lets you relax. It picked up three Grammy nominations, Best Rock Performance among them. The duo later reworked it for the TOPxMM: the MUTEMATH sessions EP, with Josh Dun on drums and Roy Mitchell-Cárdenas on double bass.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2016 | 91 |
| 2016 | 1 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 25 Songs of 2016 | 26 |
| 2016 | 18 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2016 | 99 |
| 2016 | 1 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2016 | 88 |
| 2016 | 10 | 96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS | 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2016 | 96 |
| 2016 | 35 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2016 | 107 |
| 2016 | 1 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2016 | 50 |
| 2016 | 14 | SiriusXM Alt Nation National (SiriusXM satellite radio) | SiriusXM Alt Nation's 36 Biggest Alternative Songs of 2016 | 36 |
| 2020 | 66 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 93 Songs of 2020 | 93 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 43 | ALT 98.7 | ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade | 98 |
| 2019 | 9 | 103.3 The Edge | 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade | 103 |
| 2019 | 10 | 93X | 93X Top 93 Songs of the Decade (2010s) | 93 |
| 2019 | 287 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2020 | 41 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 107 Songs of Last Decade (2010s) | 107 |
| 2020 | 19 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade | 99 |
| 2020 | 7 | X96 | X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade | 100 |
| 2020 | 17 | DC101 | The DC101 Top 500 | 500 |
| 2022 | 246 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2022 | 185 | X96 | X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time | 500 |
| 2023 | 318 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
| 2026 | 157 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
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