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100 Best Songs of the 2010s – #67: “Jumpsuit” by twenty øne piløts

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The song at #67 on my list of 100 Best Songs of the 2010s is “Jumpsuit” by my current favorite band twenty øne piløts, and is one of six songs by them on this list. For those who somehow are not familiar with them, they’re a couple of hyper-talented guys from Columbus, Ohio, consisting of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tyler Joseph and drummer Josh Dun, who make brilliant alternative electronic rock & hip hop. Released in July 2018, “Jumpsuit” was the lead single from their fifth studio album Trench. Like their previous album Blurryface, Trench is a concept album that explores similar themes of mental health, suicide, and self-doubt. The album was co-written and produced by MUTEMATH front man Paul Meany.

Specifically, Trench tells the saga of the fictional evil city of Dema and surrounding valley known as Trench ruled by nine bishops, referred to as “Nico and the Niners”, as described in the similarly-titled track from the album. The bishops impose the religious cult of Vialism upon their citizens, and they do everything in their power to prevent them from leaving the walled city. Because they are unable to see the color yellow, the only way to escape is by wearing a yellow garment. Tyler Joseph’s alter ego is a character named Clancy, whose escape attempt is described in “Jumpsuit”.

The song is a metaphor for the struggle with mental illness, with the evil city of Dema representing mental illness, and the bishops representing the internal struggles of a person suffering from mental illness. Given its subject matter, “Jumpsuit” is one of their darker and more melodically complex songs. It opens with Joseph’s altered vocals shouting “cover me“, referring to his jumpsuit. As the song progresses, the music alternates between barrages of Joseph’s heavy bass guitar riffs and Josh Dun’s pounding drums, and soothing interludes of hushed vocals, lush synths and haunting piano. Joseph’s vocals gradually build to a goosebump-inducing crescendo towards the end as he desperately wails “Jumpsuit, jumpsuit cover me!”

Top 30 Songs for September 9-15, 2018

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1. GOLD RUSH – Death Cab for Cutie (2)
2. CLOSER – IAMWARFACE (3)
3. JUMPSUIT – twenty one pilots (1)
4. NATURAL – Imagine Dragons (6)
5. DIZZY – The Million Reasons (7)
6. 44 – Oli Barton & the Movement (5)
7. LIVING IN THE FUTURE – Dawes (9)
8. NEVERMIND – Dennis Lloyd (11)
9. RED MOON SKY – Face of Stone (4)
10. FEVER PITCH – Rainbow Kitten Surprise (8)
11. WHEN THE CURTAIN FALLS – Greta Van Fleet (13)
12. GHOST – Badflower (14)
13. UNWIND – John Defeo (10) 21st week on chart
14. SIT NEXT TO ME – Foster the People (12) 48th week on chart
15. RIDE OR DIE – The Knocks featuring Foster the People (17)
16. BETTER NOW – Post Malone (20)
17. SOMETHING HUMAN – Muse (18)
18. BURN THE HOUSE DOWN – AJR (19)
19. ALL MY FRIENDS – The Revivalists (21)
20. CRAZY – From Ashes to New (24)
21. CITY LOOKS PRETTY – Courtney Barnett (25)
22. HUNGER – Florence + the Machine (15)
23. I FEEL LIKE I’M DROWNING – Two Feet (16) 22nd week on chart
24. DEAD TO ME – Reality Suite (27)
25. PANIC – Agency Panic (28)
26. HUMILITY – Gorillaz featuring George Benson (22)
27. TIDAL WAVE – Portugal.The Man (30)
28. HI HELLO – Johnny Marr (23)
29. BODY TALKS – The Struts (N)
30. IN MY MIND – Draft Evader (N)

Top 30 Songs for September 2-8, 2018

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1. JUMPSUIT – twenty one pilots (1) 4th week at #1
2. GOLD RUSH – Death Cab for Cutie (2)
3. CLOSER – IAMWARFACE (3)
4. RED MOON SKY – Face of Stone (4)
5. 44 – Oli Barton & the Movement (5)
6. NATURAL – Imagine Dragons (7)
7. DIZZY – The Million Reasons (10)
8. FEVER PITCH – Rainbow Kitten Surprise (8)
9. LIVING IN THE FUTURE – Dawes (9)
10. UNWIND – John Defeo (6) 20th week on chart
11. NEVERMIND – Dennis Lloyd (13)
12. SIT NEXT TO ME – Foster the People (11) 47th week on chart
13. WHEN THE CURTAIN FALLS – Greta Van Fleet (14)
14. GHOST – Badflower (18)
15. HUNGER – Florence + the Machine (12)
16. I FEEL LIKE I’M DROWNING – Two Feet (16) 21st week on chart
17. RIDE OR DIE – The Knocks featuring Foster the People (19)
18. SOMETHING HUMAN – Muse (22)
19. BURN THE HOUSE DOWN – AJR (23)
20. BETTER NOW – Post Malone (25)
21. ALL MY FRIENDS – The Revivalists (26)
22. HUMILITY – Gorillaz featuring George Benson (17)
23. HI HELLO – Johnny Marr (15)
24. CRAZY – From Ashes to New (27)
25. CITY LOOKS PRETTY – Courtney Barnett (28)
26. SUCH A SIMPLE THING – Ray LaMontagne (20)
27. DEAD TO ME – Reality Suite (29)
28. PANIC – Agency Panic (30)
29. QUARTER PAST MIDNIGHT – Bastille (21)
30. TIDAL WAVE – Portugal.The Man (N)

Top 30 Songs for August 26-September 1, 2018

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1. JUMPSUIT – twenty one pilots (1)
2. GOLD RUSH – Death Cab for Cutie (2)
3. CLOSER – IAMWARFACE (3)
4. RED MOON SKY – Face of Stone (5)
5. 44 – Oli Barton & the Movement (6)
6. UNWIND – John Defeo (4)
7. NATURAL – Imagine Dragons (8)
8. FEVER PITCH – Rainbow Kitten Surprise (12)
9. LIVING IN THE FUTURE – Dawes (13)
10. DIZZY – The Million Reasons (14)
11. SIT NEXT TO ME – Foster the People (9) 46th week on chart
12. HUNGER – Florence + the Machine (7)
13. NEVERMIND – Dennis Lloyd (15)
14. WHEN THE CURTAIN FALLS – Greta Van Fleet (20)
15. HI HELLO – Johnny Marr (10)
16. I FEEL LIKE I’M DROWNING – Two Feet (11) 20th week on chart
17. HUMILITY – Gorillaz featuring George Benson (16)
18. GHOST – Badflower (22)
19. RIDE OR DIE – The Knocks featuring Foster the People (21)
20. SUCH A SIMPLE THING – Ray LaMontagne (17)
21. QUARTER PAST MIDNIGHT – Bastille (18)
22. SOMETHING HUMAN – Muse (26)
23. BURN THE HOUSE DOWN – AJR (27)
24. FLAWLESS – Dorothy (19)
25. BETTER NOW – Post Malone (N)
26. ALL MY FRIENDS – The Revivalists (N)
27. CRAZY – From Ashes to New (N)
28. CITY LOOKS PRETTY – Courtney Barnett (N)
29. DEAD TO ME – Reality Suite (N)
30. PANIC – Agency Panic (N)

Top 30 Songs for August 19-25, 2018

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1. JUMPSUIT – twenty one pilots (1)
2. GOLD RUSH – Death Cab for Cutie (3)
3. CLOSER – IAMWARFACE (5)
4. UNWIND – John Defeo (2)
5. RED MOON SKY – Face of Stone (8)
6. 44 – Oli Barton & the Movement (9)
7. HUNGER – Florence + the Machine (4)
8. NATURAL – Imagine Dragons (19)
9. SIT NEXT TO ME – Foster the People (7) 45th week on chart
10. HI HELLO – Johnny Marr (11)
11. I FEEL LIKE I’M DROWNING – Two Feet (6)
12. FEVER PITCH – Rainbow Kitten Surprise (13)
13. LIVING IN THE FUTURE – Dawes (14)
14. DIZZY – The Million Reasons (17)
15. NEVERMIND – Dennis Lloyd (18)
16. HUMILITY – Gorillaz featuring George Benson (15)
17. SUCH A SIMPLE THING – Ray LaMontagne (10)
18. QUARTER PAST MIDNIGHT – Bastille (12)
19. FLAWLESS – Dorothy (16)
20. WHEN THE CURTAIN FALLS – Greta Van Fleet (25)
21. RIDE OR DIE – The Knocks featuring Foster the People (24)
22. GHOST – Badflower (29)
23. GIVE YOURSELF A TRY – The 1975 (20)
24. COLORS – Beck (21)
25. FOUR OUT OF FIVE – Arctic Monkeys (22)
26. SOMETHING HUMAN – Muse (N)
27. BURN THE HOUSE DOWN – AJR (N)
28. BLOOM – Troye Sivan (26)
29. KAMIKAZE – WALK THE MOON (27)
30. LIFE TO FIX – The Record Company (23)

 

Top 30 Songs for August 12-18, 2018

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1. JUMPSUIT – twenty one pilots (2)
2. UNWIND – John Defeo (1)
3. GOLD RUSH – Death Cab for Cutie (5)
4. HUNGER – Florence + the Machine (3)
5. CLOSER – IAMWARFACE (10)
6. I FEEL LIKE I’M DROWNING – Two Feet (4)
7. SIT NEXT TO ME – Foster the People (6) 44th week on chart
8. RED MOON SKY – Face of Stone (8)
9. 44 – Oli Barton & the Movement (9)
10. SUCH A SIMPLE THING – Ray LaMontagne (7)
11. HI HELLO – Johnny Marr (11)
12. QUARTER PAST MIDNIGHT – Bastille (12)
13. FEVER PITCH – Rainbow Kitten Surprise (15)
14. LIVING IN THE FUTURE – Dawes (20)
15. HUMILITY – Gorillaz featuring George Benson (18)
16. FLAWLESS – Dorothy (19)
17. DIZZY – The Million Reasons (24)
18. NEVERMIND – Dennis Lloyd (25)
19. NATURAL – Imagine Dragons (29)
20. GIVE YOURSELF A TRY – The 1975 (17)
21. COLORS – Beck (13)
22. FOUR OUT OF FIVE – Arctic Monkeys (14)
23. LIFE TO FIX – The Record Company (16)
24. RIDE OR DIE – The Knocks featuring Foster the People (28)
25. WHEN THE CURTAIN FALLS – Greta Van Fleet (30)
26. BLOOM – Troye Sivan (21)
27. KAMIKAZE – WALK THE MOON (23)
28. BAD BAD NEWS – Leon Bridges (22)
29. GHOST – Badflower (N)
30. BROKEN – lovelytheband (27) 26th week on chart

Top 30 Songs for August 5-11, 2018

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1. UNWIND – John Defeo (1)
2. JUMPSUIT – twenty one pilots (5)
3. HUNGER – Florence + the Machine (2)
4. I FEEL LIKE I’M DROWNING – Two Feet (3)
5. GOLD RUSH – Death Cab for Cutie (7)
6. SIT NEXT TO ME – Foster the People (6) 43rd week on chart
7. SUCH A SIMPLE THING – Ray LaMontagne (4)
8. RED MOON SKY – Face of Stone (10)
9. 44 – Oli Barton & the Movement (11)
10. CLOSER – IAMWARFACE (15)
11. HI HELLO – Johnny Marr (13)
12. QUARTER PAST MIDNIGHT – Bastille (14)
13. COLORS – Beck (8)
14. FOUR OUT OF FIVE – Arctic Monkeys (9)
15. FEVER PITCH – Rainbow Kitten Surprise (25)
16. LIFE TO FIX – The Record Company (12)
17. GIVE YOURSELF A TRY – The 1975 (19)
18. HUMILITY – Gorillaz featuring George Benson (20)
19. FLAWLESS – Dorothy (22)
20. LIVING IN THE FUTURE – Dawes (27)
21. BLOOM – Troye Sivan (18)
22. BAD BAD NEWS – Leon Bridges (17)
23. KAMIKAZE – WALK THE MOON (21)
24. DIZZY – The Million Reasons (30)
25. NEVERMIND – Dennis Lloyd (N)
26. SAY AMEN (SATURDAY NIGHT) – Panic! At the Disco (16)
27. BROKEN – lovelytheband (23) 25th week on chart
28. RIDE OR DIE – The Knocks featuring Foster the People (N)
29. NATURAL – Imagine Dragons (N)
30. WHEN THE CURTAIN FALLS – Greta Van Fleet (N)

Top 30 Songs for July 22-28, 2018

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1. HUNGER – Florence + the Machine (2)
2. UNWIND – John Defeo (3)
3. I FEEL LIKE I’M DROWNING – Two Feet (1)
4. SIT NEXT TO ME – Foster the People (4) 41st week on chart
5. SUCH A SIMPLE THING – Ray LaMontagne (6)
6. SAY AMEN (SATURDAY NIGHT) – Panic! At the Disco (5)
7. FOUR OUT OF FIVE – Arctic Monkeys (9)
8. COLORS – Beck (11)
9. LIFE TO FIX – The Record Company (12)
10. GOLD RUSH – Death Cab for Cutie (20)
11. BAD BAD NEWS – Leon Bridges (7)
12. RED MOON SKY – Face of Stone (13)
13. 44 – Oli Barton & the Movement (14)
14. HI HELLO – Johnny Marr (16)
15. QUARTER PAST MIDNIGHT – Bastille (17)
16. ZOMBIE – Bad Wolves (8)
17. BROKEN – lovelytheband (10) 23rd week on chart
18. KAMIKAZE – WALK THE MOON (19)
19. JUMPSUIT – twenty one pilots (N)
20. BLOOM – Troye Sivan (23)
21. GIVE YOURSELF A TRY – The 1975 (24)
22. HUMILITY – Gorillaz featuring George Benson (28)
23. FLAWLESS – Dorothy (29)
24. PINK LEMONADE – James Bay (15)
25. CLOSER – IAMWARFACE (N)
26. I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY – Blue October (18)
27. TRANSITION – The Winachi Tribe (30)
28. FEVER PITCH – Rainbow Kitten Surprise (N)
29. LIVING IN THE FUTURE – Dawes (N)
30. LASH OUT – Alice Merton (N)