Top 10 Best Bastille Songs
Sure, a song being an artist's most popular doesn't necessarily mean it's their best. However, in Bastille's case - and I say this as a massive Bastille fan - their one big hit is absolutely their best song. Pompeii is one of the only songs that it is impossible to overplay. For most songs, you'll get bored after listening on repeat for a week or so (we all know how it works). Pompeii by Bastille is literally immune. It is a certified banger time and time again.
I love Bastille so much! This song is so catchy. I am Bastille's biggest fan, and I love Woody the drummer. He has long hair. I love guys with long hair. They are literally perfect. Their logo is a pyramid, which is my favorite shape, and I literally share a birthday with the bass player. They are meant to be.
This is #7?!?! It should be #1! Don't get me wrong, I love Pompeii, but Of the Night is a much better song and video! The buildup is perfect, and Dan Smith's voice sounds so emotional and real. The video is gritty and dark and fits the theme of the song perfectly! Get this to #1 ASAP!
Honestly, I like this song almost as much as I like Pompeii. However, this is way better. Every time I think of Bastille, I think of Of the Night.
The mashup of "Of the Night" and "Rhythm is a Dancer" will send chills through your body. My personal favorite Bastille song.
This song is everything that makes Bastille amazing. The tune, the vocals, the lyrics. You can't find music like this anywhere else. The line just before the chorus where Dan sings, "As you he-uh-uh-uh-eld me duh-uh-uh-uh-own, you said..." literally makes your eyes widen with awe. Unbelievably good.
It has classical elements, techno elements, amazing vocals, and extremely artful lyrics! It could be played for almost any mood or activity. It is a song fans of almost every genre can enjoy! I hate picking favorites, and at times I would much rather listen to other songs, but this is still a great song!
This was the song that introduced me to Bastille, and it will always have a special place in my heart. Despite the fact it's about a boy who died, it's always made me feel so happy because I know that great music like the stuff Bastille makes is out there.
I love Greek myths and Bastille, so when listening to the album, this song came up, and I was out. It's so indescribable (in a good way) I just can't even.
The best Bastille song in my opinion! It tells a solid story and gets stuck in your head, but in the most wonderful way!
My all-time favorite from Bastille. They have to be one of the best live bands ever, and the live renditions of The Driver are breathtakingly brilliant.
This song is one of the best songs ever! Why isn't it in the top 10?
Underrated. One of my fave Bastille songs.
If Laughter Lines is number three, how can Haunt be number 23? It should be number two.
It's so down here maybe because you all haven't lent your ears to this nostalgic masterpiece. Please vote it higher because it deserves that spot!
This song gives me shivers every time I listen to it. It has stunning lyrics, a chilling message, and is extremely underrated.
Definitely one of the most beautiful songs by Bastille. It should at least be in the top 5!
All the words sounded empty before this song came out. I can't believe someone hasn't voted yet for these amazing lyrics, melody, and voice. Have you listened to 3:06? It's heaven! I get very apprehensive and emotional because I think Glory and The Anchor are the best from the album.
I discovered Bastille with this song, and I never stopped listening ever since. This song deserves to be in the top 10 at least.
Probably my favorite out of all of Bastille's songs!
I love this song! The first song I heard by Bastille was Pompeii, but this is the one that got me hooked. The words and tune are so emotive and soulful, very meaningful and catchy.
Sleepsong is seemingly deep in lyrics and beautifully artful in sound. It is an amazing song that I think is very underappreciated!
I love this song! It's amazing and deep.
Why isn't this song number one? This is by far my favorite. As are The Draw, Durban Skies, Overjoyed, and Get Home. Am I taking this too far? Sorry. There can only be one number one, so...
It's so beautiful, I'm almost speechless. I'm listening to it while I'm typing this out! It's an amazing song about coming of age that I find as my personal favorite of their songs.
First song I heard by Bastille and has always remained my favorite because it means so much to me, even though I love every song of theirs. Any other Stormers out there?
Such an awesome song. I had to write a poem for school and was so uninspired, but listened to this song and felt motivated and excited! This should be more popular!
I don't understand how any song is better than this.
It's so good I love it so much I sang it to my college and they loved it.
"Weight of Living, Pt. I" is the part with less of an electronic sound to it. I like it. I like how the themes fit, and I love the albatross metaphor. I love how it sounds and how it keeps the line, "Can you stand the person you've become?"
Let it go, let your albatross go. The regret, the burden, the weight of living. These lyrics are so amazing! I know I sound repetitive, but it's so grand. "There's a Light" is another one of my favorites.
Amazing song! Great meaning in life! We all have trials, challenges, and albatrosses that hang around our necks, making life heavy. We must overcome! Amazing song! I can't believe this is ranked so low!
Absolutely amazing song. The tune and the words are enough said. My absolute favorite song, should be number 1!
Absolutely brilliant song. Everyone has their flaws, and that's what it tells us.
Best song ever. It's such an emotional song, and it has a great melody and harmony.
Brilliant song. I believe it should be in the top three, along with Pompeii and Icarus. Just my opinion though. These are all really great songs.
Amazing song! The vocals are simply amazing, and it is soulful and catchy at the same time! It's definitely barely behind Pompeii for me.
This song is amazing. Definitely one of my favorite songs by Bastille. Should be top 3, without a doubt.
Almost all of Bastille's songs cause this sort of melancholic and bittersweet feeling in you. They inspire so many emotions. Get Home is another one of their beautiful and bittersweet songs.
I always have one particular playlist I only listen to. Sometimes I remove a song, sometimes I add a song, but Get Home is the only one I have never removed.
It has all the amazing elements needed for a good song, plus it has seamless transitions. The beginning sounded like EDM, and Bastille turned it into rock. Plus, it just sounds great. Can't stop listening to it!
I find this song better than any other Bastille song. Can't figure out why it isn't at a higher spot.
An abstract song with an even more abstract music video. If you haven't seen it, watch it NOW!
This is so heart-touching and amazing. This song takes away all of your sadness and fills your hearts with nothing less than unlimited joy! It should be first, though.
Not many artists can turn a well-known Bible story into a song, so hats off to the boys for that. This song is so heartwarming and should not be eighth.
I'm not Christian, but I LOVE this song. It tells a Bible story so personally.
"For every king that died, oh they would crown another."
Such a good song, especially since it's about the character Laura Palmer from the show Twin Peaks. Brilliant show and song to go with it. Watch the show!
I love the way this song feels. It feels mysterious and puts me into a trance whenever I hear it!
This needs to win. Icarus and Flaws were my favorite, and then I heard this and I don't even listen to anything else.
The buildup is so intense in this. Watch it live, and when the actual drums come in, Daniel goes crazy. His dance moves make my life. It's so underrated. I swear everyone just knows Pompeii, and that's it. Pompeii is great, of course, I love it too, but Bastille has some insane tunes that few people pay attention to, The Draw included.
This song is the best. I really, really love it because I hear in it a bass guitar. It's amazing!
This song has a huge buildup. It's very dramatic. The lyrics are great, too.
It's better than people say it is. It should be top ten!
An amazing song with a great message.
Wow! It's so beautiful. I felt like I was in heaven! Love it so much!
When you hear this song, you will feel like you are visiting a beautiful city where clouds come down and rain makes the city beautiful. I think this song is about Dan's native place where he lived his younger life.
My favorite Bastille song. Tons of nostalgia. Great song. Great lyrics.
Good song. Good chorus. All-around good band.
Wow, this song is very underrated. It makes me want to cry every time, and it disappoints me that such a beautiful song is only at 14. Deserves to be somewhere in the Top 5 at least.
This song tells such a great story that really asks the question, "What would you be willing to do to protect the people you love and yourself?"
Just one of my absolute favorite songs by Bastille despite it being a cover! They create a whole new song with this.
This should at least be in the top 10.
Amazing tune and lyrics.
Can't get bored of it.
Have you? Heard? This song? Flaws is good too and Daniel in the Den, but this song? Cry.
Best song by them. Should be on the album.
The first time you listen, you'll probably think it's alright, worth another listen. Then after the second time, you start to like it more, and by the third or fourth time, it's great.
Good Grief is pomp and grandeur juxtaposed perfectly with Dan Smith's dark-tinged tale of coping with life after death.
This song really speaks to me. It's a very emotional song for me and makes me think of the relationship between me and my mother. It's a wonderful song, and it really speaks to me.
The bittersweet melody is amazing. This song is awesome, the melody is out of this world.
Has a very powerful meaning and an amazing beat and melody. Amazing song with a special meaning behind it.