My Chemical Romance & Rage Against The Machine’s Music Spikes On Genius After Reunion Announcements

Rock bands My Chemical Romance and Rage Against the Machine both announced reunion concerts recently, causing longtime fans and new listeners alike to check out each band’s catalog on streaming services. Naturally, these music fans flocked to Genius to look up their favorite lyrics, too.

MCR’s catalog saw a 158 percent overnight surge in total Genius pageviews after the emo band announced its reunion show at the Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles on December 20. The group’s discography also experienced a 226 percent week-on-week increase in total pageviews.

After announcing more shows, interest in MCR’s music remains high. Its catalog has averaged 13,348 total daily pageviews in November compared to 5,418 in October.

This pageview spike was led by MCR’s most recent studio album, 2010’s Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys, which saw a 242 percent increase overnight and 296 percent week-on-week increase, beating out the group’s already-popular LPs, 2004’s Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge and 2006’s The Black Parade.

Check out the full album breakdown below:

• Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys: 242 percent overnight increase | 296 percent week-on-week increase
• I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love: 184 percent overnight increase | 293 percent week-on-week increase
• Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge: 147 percent overnight increase | 235 percent week-on-week increase
• The Black Parade: 143 percent overnight increase | 193 percent week-on-week increase

Of MCR’s five most popular songs on Genius, the band’s only Top 10 hit, “Welcome to the Black Parade,” saw the biggest overnight pageview increase at 203 percent. However, another one of the group’s signature songs, “I’m Not Okay (I Promise),” experienced the largest week-on-week pageview increase at 299 percent.

Check out the full song breakdown below:

• “Welcome to the Black Parade”: 203 percent overnight increase | 247 percent week-on-week increase
• “Helena”: 182 percent overnight increase | 248 percent week-on-week increase
• “I’m Not Okay (I Promise)”: 176 percent overnight increase | 299 percent week-on-week increase
• “The Ghost of You”: 150 percent overnight increase | 239 percent week-on-week increase
• “Teenagers”: 123 increase overnight increase | 206 percent week-on-week increase

For comparison, Rage’s catalog saw a bigger overnight surge in Genius pageviews at 266 percent, but experienced a smaller week-on-week increase at 137 percent. Interest in the group’s discography remains high, with an average of 8,163 total daily pageviews in November compared to 4,426 in October.

This pageview spike was led by Rage’s most recent studio album, 1999’s The Battle of Los Angeles, which experienced a 344 percent overnight increase and 158 percent week-on-week increase.

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• The Battle of Los Angeles: 344 percent overnight increase | 158 percent week-on-week increase
• Rage Against the Machine: 257 percent overnight increase | 112 percent week-on-week increase
• Evil Empire: 247 percent overnight increase | 125 percent week-on-week increase

While looking at Rage’s five most popular songs on Genius, “Sleep Now in the Fire” saw the biggest overnight increase at 292 percent, as well as the largest week-on-week increase at 166 percent.

Check out the full song breakdown below:

• “Sleep Now in the Fire”: 292 percent overnight increase | 166 percent week-on-week increase
• “Killing in the Name”: 283 percent overnight increase | 144 percent week-on-week increase
• “Know Your Enemy”: 240 percent overnight increase | 156 percent week-on-week increase
• “Bulls on Parade”: 231 percent overnight increase | 113 percent week-on-week increase
• “Wake Up”: 204 percent overnight increase | 125 percent week-on-week increase

Billboard reported similar results for MCR and Rage’s catalogs on streaming services during the tracking week ending November 7.

MCR’s catalog saw a 98 percent increase in total US on-demand streams, propelling to The Black Parade back onto the Billboard 200 at No. 92. The album also reached No. 15 on the Top Rock Albums chart, where it was joined by Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge at No. 49.

Several MCR songs also entered the Hot Rock Songs chart, where “Welcome to the Black Parade” debuted at No. 6 alongside “Teenagers” (No. 16), “Helena” (No. 19), and “I’m Not Okay (I Promise)” (No. 21).

Meanwhile, Rage’s catalog surged 48 percent on streaming services, allowing 1992’s Rage Against the Machine to hit No. 42 on the Top Rock Albums chart and “Killing in the Name” to enter Hot Rock Songs at No. 15.

Catch up on all the lyrics to Rage Against the Machine and My Chemical Romance’s biggest hits on Genius now.