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393:"Fall Away"
75:home studio
1698:Categories
1597:Johnny Boy
1305:Blurryface
1150:August 20,
1124:August 20,
1118:SoundCloud
973:August 22,
747:SoundCloud
634:References
507:"Taxi Cab"
485:"Trapdoor"
450:Johnny Boy
227:Blurryface
130:chronology
1604:The Judge
1533:Backslide
1379:Car Radio
1206:Billboard
1199:Billboard
1170:Instagram
1098:March 10,
962:Billboard
935:Billboard
909:Billboard
825:Inquisitr
623:Stylized
598:Billboard
590:position
550:Personnel
234:Reception
220:Billboard
62:2008–2009
1685:Category
1505:Saturday
1491:Shy Away
1470:The Hype
1463:Chlorine
1456:My Blood
1449:Levitate
1435:Jumpsuit
1421:Heathens
1407:Lane Boy
1266:Josh Dun
1144:AltPress
1046:April 8,
1041:Kerrang!
940:April 3,
914:April 3,
882:Archived
856:Archived
830:Archived
769:Archived
735:Archived
686:June 27,
335:Kerrang!
258:AllMusic
59:Recorded
51:Released
41: by
1652:Related
1336:Singles
1072:May 27,
1020:May 24,
996:May 24,
156:(2011)
147:(2009)
1572:Cancer
1498:Choker
1358:Lovely
1326:Clancy
1312:Trench
1298:Vessel
572:Charts
374:Length
252:Rating
249:Source
101:Length
67:Studio
1621:Tours
1579:Morph
1201:200)"
611:Notes
542:62:08
371:Title
118:Label
86:Genre
1414:Ride
1184:2020
1152:2024
1126:2024
1100:2017
1074:2017
1067:Fuse
1048:2021
1022:2024
998:2024
975:2016
942:2024
916:2024
890:2018
864:2018
838:2019
805:2020
777:2017
743:2018
713:2024
688:2024
660:2020
604:139
588:Peak
532:5:46
521:3:53
510:4:46
499:4:34
488:4:37
477:4:13
466:3:37
455:4:39
440:5:32
429:4:13
418:4:47
407:3:34
396:3:02
385:4:52
340:Fuse
203:Ohio
600:200
595:US
526:14.
515:13.
504:12.
493:11.
482:10.
367:No.
222:200
93:Emo
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