Chaos from the Top Down

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{{Infobox song

| name = Chaos From the Top Down

| cover = Chaosfromthetopdowncover.jpg

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| type = single

| artist = Stereophonics

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| released = {{Start date|2019|02|13|df=yes}}

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| genre = Rock

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=51}}

| label = Parlophone

| writer = Kelly Jones

| producer = {{flat list|

• Jones
• George Drakoulias

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| prev_title = Caught by the Wind

| prev_year = 2017

| next_title = Fly Like an Eagle

| next_year = 2019

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|nCxwDe_zwIA|"Chaos from the Top Down"}}}}

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"Chaos From the Top Down" is a song by Welsh rock band Stereophonics, written by the band's lead singer Kelly Jones. It was released as the band's first stand alone single on 13 February 2019 on streaming platforms and as a digital download. The track was produced by Kelly Jones and George Drakoulias at The Distillery studios and mixed by Al Clay at Metropolis studios.{{cite web |url=https://www.stereophonics.com/chaos-from-the-top-down/ |title= Chaos From the Top Down - Stereophonics |author=Stereophonics |publisher=stereophonics.com |accessdate=12 March 2021}} Jones decided to release the song as a stand along single due to the political climate at the time. He also said it didn't fit with the style of album he was writing.{{cite web|title=Stereophonics release politically-charged new single - Radio X|url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/stereophonics/stereophonics-new-single-chaos-top-down/|work=Radio X|accessdate= 12 March 2021}}

The song was written from the perspective of a fifteen-year-old boy lying in the road after being shot. Kelly Jones explained "“Chaos from the Top Down’ is a song sung from the imagined perspective of a fifteen-year-old boy laying in the road after being shot. He’s reflecting in his time of dying about his life and the choices he made through the lack of options and opportunities he felt he had in today’s Britain." Jones said it was based on a true story that happened just outside his street.

A lyric video for the song was released on Stereophonics’ official YouTube channel on 13 February 2019{{cite web|title=Stereophonics - Chaos From the Top Down - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCxwDe_zwIA|work=YouTube|accessdate= 12 March 2021}}