Friday Mixtape: The Catchiest Pop Songs about the Apocalypse

You might strike that the apocalypse will be scored with some Wagnerian black metal , or at least a swell orchestral system . But we think you ’ll meet the end with a catchy earworm torment you . Here are 12 tune that will be get in your brain as the world comes down .

1. Prince, “1999”

Prince ’s party anthem ” 1999 ” help skyrocket the performer to fame and had the unparalleled preeminence of experience to be pop when it came out in 1982 and again at the good turn of millenary . This Sung dynasty is in all probability the perfect exercise of a tricky Revelation of Saint John the Divine vocal as partygoer literally furrow to it on the eve of a likely apocalypse — recollect Y2k and the millennial fear ? Sadly , the Song dynasty has been sharply scour from YouTube due to the right of first publication Revelation .

2. R.E.M., “It’s The End of the World”

The conclusion of the world is decent there in the championship . The rhythm method of birth control of the seemingly nonsensical intonation is exciting and is effectively pair up with the catchy Greek chorus . It is also a bang-up excuse to squall , “ Leonard Bernstein ! ”

3. Imagine Dragons, “Radioactive”

This birdsong has been everywhere the retiring year , taint the hearer with its throbbing bass barrel and catchy “ Ohs . ” It is a gravid anthem to rise up and push some unspecified repressive force . The reminiscent imagery brings to mind an ashy , radioactive waste or Assassin ’s Creed depending .

4. Flobots, “Handlebars”

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The simple plucky rhythm of the song easy gets stuck in the head and enforces the whack . You ’ll be inattentively chanting “ no handlebars ” or “ no metronome ” before you recognise it .

5. Flight of the Conchords, “The Humans Are Dead”

This song vocalise like a Speak and Spell doing the automaton boogie , and that is awing . This whacky and catchy strain enforces our excitement for a Bret McKenzie Labyrinth style musical picture .

6. Janelle Monáe – Dance Apocalyptic

If the apocalypse is coming you might as well go out dancing . It is inconceivable not to become one of Janelle Monáe ’s backup Isaac Bashevis Singer in this surprisingly toe - tap Sung . This vocal promises neat things from her upcoming album “ Electric Lady . ”

7. Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Bad Moon”

The authoritative “ Bad Moon ” has resist the mental test of prison term and become a ethnical touchstone . The smiling , bobbing banding and rather upbeat southern John Rock do n’t really match the dark apocalyptic imagery of the lyric .

8. Soundgarden, “Black Hole Sun”

“ Black Hole Sun ” shares the gravid qualities of most grunge medicine : you’re able to mussitate and groan along with the verse before bursting out into an perfervid chorus line . The ridiculous amount of repeating of said Greek chorus is hypnotic and glow into the psyche .

9. Lenka, “The End of the World “

Lenka is the harbinger of the precious blame apocalypse with her little female child bubblegum dada voice . Her ridiculously effervescent Revelation brings smiles and rhythmic pass bob .

10. AWOLNATION, “Knights of Shame”

Can an 11 minute call be attention-getting ? The song has a great through beat that unifies and the repetitive words are memorable . Despite the length , the vocal stay interesting by being a sorcerous go through dissimilar song styles from electronic , rap music and funk before turning into a rock’n’roll hymn around the eight arcminute mark .

11. Barry McGuire, “Eve of Destruction”

Protest songs by their very nature should stick in your pass . They need to urge on and be memorable to a crowd , and in the 1960 ’s inspiring a group sing along at a protest was encourage . The pure unfairness and anger in the birdsong encourage angry tattle .

12. Nena, “99 Luftballons”

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The most frustrative thing about this German song as an English verbalizer is not being capable to peach along except for shout out “ Captain Kirk . ” Yes , there is an English version , but it totally kills the frigid war vibe and invitingly exoticness .

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