Artist · chart history
Acceptance
Band Seattle United States Formed 1998
Acceptance formed in 1998 in Seattle, United States. Acceptance has 4 chart appearances on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 2005. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Different”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #37. The station that charted Acceptance most often is Channel 104.9 (San Jose, CA), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2005.
Acceptance came out of Seattle in 1998 as a pop-punk band with emo in its bloodstream, and they spent years building up to their first full-length. There was the Lost for Words EP in 2000, then Black Lines to Battlefields in 2003, which later came back around with live bonus tracks added. Phantoms, the debut album, finally arrived in 2005.
It was worth the wait. "Different" is the pick of the bunch, all soaring melody and churning guitars, every chorus pushed up toward the rafters and the band hitting the slick, arena-sized sweet spot where post-hardcore meets radio rock. Christian McAlhaney's guitar and Nick Radovanovic's drums give it real muscle underneath the gloss.
Then they went silent for a decade. In January 2015 the band announced it had reunited, and a new song, "Take You Away", followed that May, their first in over ten years. Colliding by Design came out in 2017 and Wild, Free in 2020, proof that the reunion was more than a nostalgia lap.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Acceptance on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Different | 3 | #37 | – | 2005 | |
| 2 | Take Cover | 1 | #87 | – | 2005 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 37 | Different | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 87 (tie) | Take Cover | WBER Listener Countdown 2005 |
| 2005 | 84 | Different | CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 134 | Different | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 |
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