You can’t go wrong with a good “na na na”. It’s the thing that takes a good song up to a great song. To celebrate the most infectious of hook, here are 15 of the very best.
15. DON BROCO – FIRE
There’s nothing like a big sexy hook to make a song really slap, but add a naughty “na na na” and you’ve got yourself a molten hit right there.
14. LOWER THAN ATLANTIS – IF THE WORLD WAS TO END
If the world did actually end, we would still be going “na na na” all the way up to the four horsemen booting us halfway across the ocean. Stick to your guns, even when the apocalypse is in progress.
13. THE SUMMER SET – MAYBE TONIGHT
The Summer Set used to love a “na na na”. Though it was hard to nail down just the single iconic example, the bubbling bass and infectious atmosphere of the opener to 13’s ‘Legendary’ puts it just above the rest.
12. SIMPLE PLAN – ONE DAY
If it was possible to pull the sun out of the sky, stick it in a computer and see what it plays after downloading, this is what it would sound like. Don’t actually try and pull the sun out the sky and put it in your computer though. It’s big. And hot. And far away.
11. SLEEPING WITH SIRENS – DON’T SAY ANYTHING
Remember when Sleeping With Sirens did some playing about with their sound on ‘Madness’ and came out the other end with some absolute ragers? Yeah, us too.
10. GOLDFINGER – AM I DEAF?
Bloody hell, Feldy went IN here. Letting everybody know that he has no idea what is happening with modern music, John disguises his distain by pulling out a “na na na” to make everybody think this is just another catchy pop-punk song. Sly dog.
9. YOU ME AT SIX – THE DILEMMA
Try to not click your fingers when digesting this sultry little number. No, you’re clicking! We told you not to!
08. ALL TIME LOW – SATELLITE
When you start an album, you want to make it memorable. Grab the listener by the scruff and demand that they pay attention. Well All Time Low did that effectively with this ‘Future Hearts’ introduction.
07. GOOD CHARLOTTE – 40.OZ DREAM
This retrospective look at why The Maddens miss 2003 and the fun that came with it is made all the better because of the faithful “na na na”. The lads definitely still know how to throw a party.
06. FALL OUT BOY – WHERE DID THE PARTY GO?
This one is so lovely and playful that it makes you want to be rained on by confetti as you sing it. Every party should have at least one confetti cannon. This is not up for debate.
05. ENTER SHIKARI – ANTWERPEN
There’s just something about this “na na na” that makes us want to grab the closest traffic cone, stick it on our head and run around the town centre like it’s New Year’s Eve.
04. ONE OK ROCK – PAPER PLANES
Featuring our mate Kellin Quinn, this big old banger doesn’t even need the “na na na” to be brilliant, but its presence just makes it even more of an anthem. G’wan Taka!
03. WATERPARKS – ROYAL
Ever heard a “na na na” that sounds like it’s ascending to the top of the world then crashing right back down? Waterparks did that.
02. BLINK-182 – ALL THE SMALL THINGS
In the time that ‘All The Small Things’ has existed, no-one has ever been able to resist na-na-naing until their throat was red and raw. A worldwide phenomenon that still packs out dancefloors today.
01. MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE – NA NA NA (NA NA NA NA)
There are exactly 261 Na’s uttered in this absolute classic. That’s 1.27 Na’s a second. That is an outrageous level of catchy and that is why it has to take top spot.
