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“Stressed Out” by Twenty One Pilots
From the album Blurryface (2015)
“Stressed Out” by Twenty One Pilots appears on 23 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 2015 and 2026. It was first released in 2015 on the album Blurryface. Its best result is #1 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #12 alternative song of 2015, #1,605 alternative song of all time and #79 of the '10s.
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"Stressed Out" landed on April 28, 2015 as a promotional single from Twenty One Pilots' fourth album, Blurryface, a midtempo swirl of alternative hip-hop and alternative rock with a psychedelic tint. Tyler Joseph wrote it and raps it over synths and a Caribbean-flavored keyboard line, voicing the album's title character, Blurryface, as he frets about growing up, his music and the insecurities that come with leaving adolescence behind. Producer Mike Elizondo, who also plays double bass and keys, balked at the lyrics until Joseph walked him through the whole concept.
It became a slow-burning smash: number two on the Hot 100, the duo's first US top ten, and a record 23 weeks atop Hot Rock Songs. It made them the first rock act to reach a billion Spotify streams with one song, and it won the Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2015 | 91 |
| 2015 | 7 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 25 Songs of 2015 | 25 |
| 2015 | 8 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
| 2015 | 36 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2015 | 99 |
| 2015 | 19 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2015 | 88 |
| 2016 | 13 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2016 | 91 |
| 2016 | 77 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2016 | 103 |
| 2016 | 13 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2016 | 99 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | ALT 98.7 | ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade | 98 |
| 2019 | 13 | 103.3 The Edge | 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade | 103 |
| 2019 | 165 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2020 | 36 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 107 Songs of Last Decade (2010s) | 107 |
| 2020 | 3 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s | 102 |
| 2020 | 34 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade | 99 |
| 2020 | 2 | X96 | X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade | 100 |
| 2020 | 6 | DC101 | The DC101 Top 500 | 500 |
| 2021 | 48 | 107.7 The End | The End Obligatory Top 100 Alternative Songs of All Time (2021) | 100 |
| 2022 | 177 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2022 | 43 | X96 | X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time | 500 |
| 2023 | 65 | 91X | 91X Top 91 Songs of The Last 40 Years | 91 |
| 2023 | 240 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
| 2023 | 49 | ALT 104.5 | ALT 104.5 Top 104 of ALT Time | 104 |
| 2026 | 128 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
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