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“The Hype” by Twenty One Pilots

From the album Trench (2018)

“The Hype” by Twenty One Pilots appears on 10 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2018 and 2023. It was first released in 2018 on the album Trench. Its best result is #7 on the Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2019. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #12 alternative song of 2019, #7,034 alternative song of all time, #357 of the '10s and #231 of the '20s.

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"The Hype" closed the book on Trench, Twenty One Pilots' fifth album, arriving in July 2019 as the sixth and final single on Fueled by Ramen and Elektra. Tyler Joseph wrote it alone, in secret, in his basement studio in Columbus, Ohio, and later said it was among the hardest songs on the record to finish. He produced it with Mutemath's Paul Meany, chasing the sound of the music he grew up on.

Joseph plays nearly everything himself, piano, keys, synth, ukulele, bass and electric guitar, and sings lead, while Josh Dun covers drums and percussion and even blows trumpet. Adam Hawkins mixed it and Chris Gehringer mastered it at Sterling Sound. The song is about sticking it out and staying loyal, and it climbed to number 3 on Billboard's Hot Rock Songs chart.

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
2018	30	ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA	Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2018	51
2019	32	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2019	91
2019	19	CD101 Columbus, OH	CD101 Top 50 Songs of 2019	50
2019	7	ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA	Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2019	51
2019	9	X96 Salt Lake City, UT	X96 Top 50 Songs of 2019	50
2019	33	88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2019	88
2020	12	CD101 Columbus, OH	CD101 Top 93 Songs of 2020	93
2020	21	101X Austin, TX	101X Top 25 Songs of 2020	25
2020	30	88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2020	88

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2023	446	94.3 WCYY	WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023)	500

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