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Cover of Modern Vampires of the City by Vampire Weekend
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“Unbelievers” by Vampire Weekend

From the album Modern Vampires of the City (2013)

“Unbelievers” by Vampire Weekend appears on 27 radio countdowns from 22 stations between 2013 and 2026. It was first released in 2013 on the album Modern Vampires of the City. Its best result is #3 on the WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2013. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #32 alternative song of 2013 and #186 of the '10s.

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22stations
#3best position
0#1 finishes
5top 10 finishes
2013–2026years charted

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"Unbelievers" arrived on Modern Vampires of the City, Vampire Weekend's third album, in 2013, but fans had heard it long before: the band premiered it live on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Halloween 2012, and played it on Saturday Night Live ahead of its release as a single. Ezra Koenig and Rostam Batmanglij wrote it, Batmanglij produced it with Ariel Rechtshaid, and it gallops along like a hymn played double-time, Koenig's piano and a guest crew on trumpet, trombone, tuba and accordion giving it the feel of a village band tearing through town.

Pulled as the album's third single that August, it reached number seven on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, the band's first top 10 there.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2013 28 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 50 Songs of 2013 50
2013 18 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2013 91
2013 40 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2013 103
2013 7 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2013 103
2013 26 WFUV New York, NY WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2013 90
2013 15 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2013 51
2013 30 Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2013 40
2013 96 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 97X Top 97 of 2013 97
2013 29 The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN The Current Top 89 Songs of 2013 89
2013 7 WTMD Baltimore, MD WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2013 89
2013 30 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2013 50
2013 3 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2013 101
2013 3 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2013 107
2013 15 WXPN Philadelphia, PA WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2013 200
2013 90 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2013 100
2014 7 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2014 99
2014 20 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2014 51
2014 23 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME WCYY Top 50 CYY Songs of 2014 50

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2013 250 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) 885
2019 52 ALT 98.7 ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade 98
2020 89 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Songs of Last Decade (2010s) 107
2023 675 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2024 289 WXPN WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) 885
2025 224 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909
2025 625 The Current 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now 893
2025 575 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) 714
2026 209 KXT KXT 917 Song Countdown 917

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