 It peaked at number 12 on the Billboard component chart for Pop Songs ; the song remained on the chart for twenty weeks . However , on the week of June 12 , 2010 , the song debuted at number ninety on the Billboard Hot 100 . It has since peaked at No. 24 , becoming ( at the time ) the most successful Paramore single overall ( outside of alternative airplay – Misery Business remains their most @-@ successful alternative @-@ pop airplay single to date ) . It was their third top forty hit in the US , preceding Still Into You and Ain 't It Fun , which became their fourth and fifth top forty hits , respectively . " The Only Exception " also became the band 's first foray onto Adult Contemporary stations , peaking at number 28 on the component Billboard Adult Contemporary chart . The track was more successful internationally , peaking generally within the top twenty on multiple countries ' charts . On the New Zealand RIANZ singles chart , it debuted at number thirty @-@ eight on February 22 , 2010 . The following week , the song moved up fifteen positions to number twenty @-@ three . The song peaked at number thirteen . After four weeks on the chart , " The Only Exception " peaked at number two on the United Kingdom 's Rock Chart on March 14 , 2010 , staying at that position for three weeks but moving up to number one on the chart 's issue date of April 5 , 2010 . The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number eighty on March 28 , 2010 . It peaked at number thirty @-@ one . The track peaked at number forty @-@ seven in Austria on March 28 , 2010 . The single also debuted as its peak position , number eighty @-@ four , on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles chart on April 24 , 2010 . " The Only Exception " debuted at number fifty @-@ nine in Brazilian Hot 100 Airplay chart in June 2010 , becoming the group 's first single to enter the Brazilian charts , achieving the following months the position at No. 32 . 
