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Homework by Daft Punk
Homework is an album by Daft Punk, released in 1997. 5 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 48 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Around The World”, on 21 lists with a best position of #15.
Homework, the debut album from Parisian duo Daft Punk, came out on Virgin in January 1997, and the title is no joke: Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo made it in a home studio. They'd been turning heads with singles on Soma Quality Recordings, signed to Virgin in 1996, and figured they had enough tracks to fill a whole record instead of trickling them out one at a time.
What they filled it with is house music with its sleeves rolled up: disco and funk chopped into loops, squelching synths and grooves that chug like a machine that has learned how to strut. "Da Funk" stomps and swaggers, and "Around the World" locks into a groove so tight it becomes pure physical pleasure. Both went to number one on the American dance club chart, the album sold more than two million copies worldwide by early 2001, and suddenly the whole world was listening to French house.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Homework on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Around The World | 21 | #15 | – | 1997–2024 | |
| 2 | Da Funk | 24 | #10 | – | 1997–2023 | |
| 3 | Rollin' & Scratchin' | 1 | #8 | – | 1997 | |
| 4 | Burnin' | 1 | #645 | – | 2010 | |
| 5 | Daftendirekt | 1 | #550 | – | 2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.