I've long wanted to analyze the music played on the Alex Jones Show, and these last couple of weeks I got it done. I processed every radio broadcast available and here's Alex's All-Time Wrapped (2003-2025):
| Pos | Track | Plays |
|---|---|---|
| # 1 | The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) - John Williams & London Symphony Orchestra | 3,146 |
| # 2 | ResuRection - PPK | 743 |
| # 3 | Prologue / Anvil of Crom (From "Conan the Barbarian") - Basil Poledouris | 667 |
| # 4 | Fed Net March / Klendathu Drop (From "Starship Troopers") - The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra | 656 |
| # 5 | Knight Rider - The Hollywood Prime Time Orchestra | 573 |
| # 6 | March (From "The Longest Day") - Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | 522 |
| # 7 | The Generals' March - Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | 474 |
| # 8 | The Return of the Living Dead : The Trioxin Theme - Francis Haines | 428 |
| # 9 | The Stomps of The Four Horsemen - Das Aufklarung | 383 |
| # 10 | Doctor Who (Original Theme) [From "Doctor Who"] - Ron Grainer & Delia Derbyshire | 358 |
| # 11 | God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash | 351 |
| # 12 | Airwolf Theme - Sylvester Levay | 346 |
| # 13 | When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin | 330 |
| # 14 | Hawaii Five-O - The Ventures | 320 |
| # 15 | Renegades - Steve Vaus | 311 |
| # 16 | For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) - AC/DC | 309 |
| # 17 | High Roller - The Crystal Method | 284 |
| # 18 | The Ecstasy of Gold (From "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly") - Ennio Morricone, Coro Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia & Gemma Bertagnolli | 271 |
| # 19 | Twilight Zone - Golden Earring | 265 |
| # 20 | Crazy - Gnarls Barkley | 252 |
| # 21 | Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones | 249 |
| # 22 | Trip Like I Do - The Crystal Method | 248 |
| # 23 | Policy of Truth - Depeche Mode | 246 |
| # 24 | California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas | 246 |
| # 25 | The Rat Patrol - Television's Greatest Hits Band | 241 |
| # 26 | I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty | 234 |
| # 27 | Extreme Ways - Moby | 234 |
| # 28 | Klendathu Drop - Basil Poledouris | 229 |
| # 29 | We're An American Band - Rob Zombie | 228 |
| # 30 | I'll Wait - Van Halen | 228 |
| # 31 | All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix | 227 |
| # 32 | Theme From Mission: Impossible - Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr. | 222 |
| # 33 | No More Mr. Nice Guy - Alice Cooper | 215 |
| # 34 | Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin | 213 |
| # 35 | Carmina Burana: O Fortuna - Michael Tilson Thomas, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus & The Cleveland Orchestra | 207 |
| # 36 | Engel - Rammstein | 206 |
| # 37 | Surf Medley - Junior Brown | 206 |
| # 38 | Pancho And Lefty - Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson | 198 |
| # 39 | Ace of Spades - Motörhead | 197 |
| # 40 | Inside Job - Don Henley | 195 |
| # 41 | This Town - Frank Sinatra | 191 |
| # 42 | Summer of Rage - Shooter Jennings | 189 |
| # 43 | Los Angeles 2013 (Escape From L.a.) - John Carpenter | 186 |
| # 44 | The Pretender - Foo Fighters | 184 |
| # 45 | Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode | 183 |
| # 46 | Civil War - Guns N' Roses | 182 |
| # 47 | White Wedding, Pt. 1 - Billy Idol | 180 |
| # 48 | (Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Öyster Cult | 180 |
| # 49 | Orion - Metallica | 179 |
| # 50 | 50,000 Unstoppable Watts - Clutch | 179 |
| # 51 | Stranglehold - Ted Nugent | 176 |
| # 52 | Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride) - Don Felder | 174 |
| # 53 | Highwayman - Highwaymen | 172 |
| # 54 | Strange Days - The Doors | 170 |
| # 55 | Knocking At Your Back Door - Deep Purple | 170 |
| # 56 | Main Title / Riders of Taramis - Basil Poledouris | 168 |
| # 57 | You've Got Another Thing Comin' - Judas Priest | 167 |
| # 58 | Peace Sells - Megadeth | 167 |
| # 59 | Burning Inside - Ministry | 167 |
| # 60 | Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin | 167 |
| # 61 | The Final Countdown - Europe | 166 |
| # 62 | The Duke Arrives / Barricade - John Carpenter & Alan Howarth | 165 |
| # 63 | For Whom the Bell Tolls (Remastered) - Metallica | 164 |
| # 64 | Rebel Yell - Billy Idol | 163 |
| # 65 | Message In a Bottle - The Police | 163 |
| # 66 | Silent Running - Mike + The Mechanics | 163 |
| # 67 | Uprising - Muse | 162 |
| # 68 | I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock of Seagulls | 162 |
| # 69 | A Country Boy Can Survive - Hank Williams, Jr. | 162 |
| # 70 | Straight On - Heart | 159 |
| # 71 | Barracuda - Heart | 159 |
| # 72 | The Fool On the Hill - The Beatles | 158 |
| # 73 | Looking for America - Mark Wills | 158 |
| # 74 | The End - The Doors | 155 |
| # 75 | Old School Medley - Ultimate DJ Tools | 154 |
| # 76 | It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll) - AC/DC | 153 |
| # 77 | Union Sundown - Bob Dylan | 152 |
| # 78 | Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2 - Pink Floyd | 151 |
| # 79 | I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow (feat. Dan Tyminski) [Radio Edit] - The Soggy Bottom Boys | 150 |
| # 80 | Main Title (From "Halloween") - Daniel Caine | 149 |
| # 81 | Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears for Fears | 149 |
| # 82 | The Threat Is Real - Megadeth | 147 |
| # 83 | Big Gun - AC/DC | 146 |
| # 84 | The Distance - CAKE | 146 |
| # 85 | Doctor Who Theme - Murray Gold | 145 |
| # 86 | Everybody Knows - Leonard Cohen | 145 |
| # 87 | Masters of War - Bob Dylan | 145 |
| # 88 | King Nothing (Remastered) - Metallica | 141 |
| # 89 | Fed Net March - Basil Poledouris | 139 |
| # 90 | Du hast - Rammstein | 139 |
| # 91 | She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult | 139 |
| # 92 | Wagner Ride Of The Valkyries(BBC concert orchestra) - The Royal Phiharmonic Orchestra | 139 |
| # 93 | Metal Health (Bang Your Head) [Re-Recorded Version] - Quiet Riot | 139 |
| # 94 | The Battle Of New Orleans - Johnny Horton | 138 |
| # 95 | Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash | 137 |
| # 96 | Stingray - Gary Miller | 136 |
| # 97 | Fortunate Son (2004) - Wyclef Jean | 134 |
| # 98 | Cybergenesis (Sound Effects) / Theme From "Terminator" - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra & Erich Kunzel | 133 |
| # 99 | Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) - The Byrds | 132 |
| # 100 | Silver Stallion - Highwaymen | 132 |
I've tracked and indexed every identifiable song, so you can listen to each and every instance of You Belong to the City if you want - just click the dates.
This is blowing my mind that You Belong to the City isn't in the top 100, but also he only started playing it in 2019??
I'm surprised highwayman didn't make the top 50
Best year was #10 in 2009 with 28 plays.
Jesus H Christ, Alex. At least have some decent variation. What is wrong with you. Give John Williams some money at least for that.
It’s higher than like the three combined
I've been wondering about what that PPK song was for a hot minute. Thank you for the list!
I was like "is this it? Do I finally have a title for this song?" I popped it into YouTube and was so stoked!
Love me some underwater techno beeping.
I was shocked to hear that come on, used to listen to them in the 2000s. Some golden age of trance shit.
It's always sounded so familiar to me. Like, I swear I've heard it at an arcade before. Maybe it was in a version of DDR? Or In the Groove? Googling reveals nothing, but at least I have a title now.
Incredible work, thank you for your service
Seeing a bunch of my favorites on this made me realize I have the musical and theatrical tastes of a suburban white boomer. Alas...
He's Gen X, not a Boomer.
Unfortunately, that tracks, he's still stuck in the 80s, where most of us cringe a bit when we hear some of those songs. "You Belong to the City" esp.
I should clarify: my father is a Boomer. That's probably where the tastes are coming from.
Here's the top 50 Artists as well:
Dafuq is 41; a franco-choir group?
It's a single song from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly called The Ecstasy of Gold
Ahh, gotcha gotcha. Thanks
The composer (and potentially the conductor) is Ennio Morricone, the musicians are the choir and orchestra of the National Academy of St Cecilia (patron saint of music) and Gemma Bertagnoli is the soprano soloist on the album (if not the specific track)
PPK making the list is crazy. Resurrection used to be one of my favorite tracks to do drugs to.
You know we are all here for You belong to the city and you do not disappoint.
Kudos!
This is great. I've always been annoyed that I enjoy like 90% of the songs he uses
Hmmm, curious if the artists themselves would be interested in this info? Not sure if it’s legally actionable.
No radio broadcasters can buy a large package of music from a bulk service [I forget the name] and then they have rights to play it on the air. Every broadcaster basically does this, and so does Alex.
PRS?
Wow, this is really cool, thanks! I expected "Du Hast" to be much higher. Did not expect "Turn! Turn! Turn!" at all.
This is fuckin cracked, well done!
Klendathu Drop listed twice
The recognition service identified them as two different tracks for some reason. I've merged them, and Klendathu Drop moved up to #2.
i knew the dr who theme was in the top ten.
excellent work wonk.
Returning to this: shocked not a single Lana Del Rey track made the cut. I guess he just plays her when he's really in a specific Mood. Omg he just like me frfr
She was big in 2021-2023, then dropped off a cliff.
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Incredible… I could’ve sworn he played Chase by Giorgio Moroder enough to be on this list… Guess not.
Ah, that track is missing. Shazam mis-identified it constantly, and I didn't recognize it myself. I'll see if I can fix it.
I first heard Immortal Technique on Alex Jones, pretty sure it was Bin Laden in 2004 or 2005.
PPK - Resurection is an absolute banger.
But it borrows heavily from a Russian TV show theme: Siberiade theme.
I also really like this orchestral version.
I've tried making Spotify playlists of these tracks, but I can't find the exact version Alex uses. I find it on YouTube Music just fine.
Yeah, I presume Alex uses the Radio edit
I love your work
Yall someone help me out because I’m going insane, what song plays in KF episode 1000 right when Trump is about to be read the oath of office? I know AJ plays it all the time but I don’t have the energy to sift through all of these
He first plays Europe - Final Countdown #1000: January 20, 2025 - 00:10:40
Then The Duke Arrives from Escape from New York by John Carpenter #1000: January 20, 2025 - 00:12:02
Absolute legend, thank you 🙏
Oh my god, someone get this wonk an alter of their own. Incredible work, I’ve got, top officials in the secret breakaway shadow government telling me, that… they’ve never seen anything like this. Verified by the actuaries… It’s all right there in the white papers.
The irony of using the Klendathu Drop is off the scale.
Wow! Good work!
Union Sundown is a curveball for me. I get how he can weave it into his nationalist narrative, but the cognitive dissonance is glaring.
Alex (via KF) introduced me to “The Horror” by RJD2, so that’s one nice thing he’s done.
#323 on the list with 37 plays, from 2012-10-14 to 2025-07-10.
Impressive
Surprised that Muse song "Uprising" isn't on this list...thought he would have played it every day when mask/vaccine mandates were still around.
Legend!
This is…a feat lol. Good on you for doing such a weird project 😂
Why no Orff's Carmina Burana? I mean, I doubt he would research the history, but it makes for great Power Music sounding like Doom.