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“Cheated Hearts” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
From the album Show Your Bones (2006)
“Cheated Hearts” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs appears on 15 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2006 and 2022. It was first released in 2006 on the album Show Your Bones. Its best result is #10 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #63 alternative song of 2006 and #1,951 alternative song of all time.
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"Cheated Hearts" landed on the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' second studio album, Show Your Bones, in 2006, but fans had already heard it on the 2004 DVD Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow. Polydor finally issued it as a single that September, first on a limited heart-shaped vinyl.
Karen O, Nick Zinner and Brian Chase wrote it together, and the band produced it with Squeak E. Clean, while Alan Moulder and Zinner mixed. It's a racing, heart-on-sleeve rush, Karen O's voice straining against Zinner's churning guitar. It made no dent in the charts, but critics swooned: Drowned in Sound singled out her singing and his playing, and The Skinny heard it as a spiritual sequel to "Maps" from 2003.
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 | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 57 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2006 | 100 |
| 2006 | 22 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2006 | 107 |
| 2006 | 10 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 | 101 |
| 2006 | 38 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 88.5 Songs of 2006 | 89 |
| 2006 | 45 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2006 | 88 |
| 2006 | 62 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2006 | 103 |
| 2006 | 80 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2006 | 159 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 654 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 790 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 738 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 662 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 635 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 629 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 625 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2022 | 31 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
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