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Adam & the Ants

Band London United Kingdom Active 1977–1982 English new wave band

Adam & the Ants formed in 1977 in London, United Kingdom and was active until 1982. Adam & the Ants has 78 chart appearances on 46 radio countdowns from 11 stations on RockLists, spanning 1980–2014. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Antmusic”, which appears on 33 lists with a best position of #2. The station that charted Adam & the Ants most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 27 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1981.

78appearances
46countdowns
8songs charted
11stations
0#1 finishes
1980–2014years

Songs by Adam & the Ants on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Antmusic
1,248		 33 #2 – 1981
2 Stand and Deliver
656		 19 #11 – 1981
3 Prince Charming
443		 12 #24 – 1981
4 Dog Eat Dog
184		 5 #43 – 1981
5 The Magnificent Five
83		 2 #899 – –
6 Kings of the Wild Frontier
49		 3 #30 – –
7 Physical (You're So)
44		 1 #1149 – –
8 Friends
28		 1 #77 – 1981

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

81 82 83

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2014 1870 Stand and Deliver CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013 1881 Stand and Deliver CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013 1949 Antmusic CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011 1870 Stand and Deliver CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011 1885 Antmusic CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010 1810 Antmusic CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010 1836 Stand and Deliver CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009 1767 Antmusic CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009 1791 Stand and Deliver CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008 1739 Antmusic CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008 1766 Stand and Deliver CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007 1768 Antmusic CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 1795 Stand and Deliver CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2005 735 Antmusic CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 1121 Prince Charming CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004 735 Antmusic CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004 1121 Prince Charming CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003 735 Antmusic CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003 1121 Prince Charming CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003 672 Stand and Deliver Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003 912 Dog Eat Dog Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003 1149 Physical (You're So) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003 1485 The Magnificent Five Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003 1761 Prince Charming Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003 2035 Kings of the Wild Frontier Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002 735 Antmusic CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 1136 Prince Charming CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 515 Antmusic Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 851 Stand and Deliver Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 899 The Magnificent Five Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 1204 Dog Eat Dog Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 1787 Prince Charming Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 1876 Kings of the Wild Frontier Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 73 Artist ranking WLIR Top 92 Artists of All-Time (September 2002)
2002 34 Artist ranking Virgin Radio Top 100 Brit Artists of All-Time (December 2002)
2001 434 Stand and Deliver WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)
2001 735 Antmusic CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 1137 Prince Charming CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000 434 Stand and Deliver WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)
2000 735 Antmusic CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000 1136 Prince Charming CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999 408 Stand and Deliver 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999)
1999 975 Prince Charming Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 163 Antmusic WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 448 Stand and Deliver The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 384 Antmusic WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999)
1999 989 Antmusic CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 1134 Prince Charming CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1998 397 Antmusic KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998)
1996 310 Antmusic KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996)
1996 385 Antmusic Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996)
1996 442 Stand and Deliver Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996)
1996 296 Antmusic WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996)
1994 271 Antmusic KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994)
1994 312 Antmusic Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994)
1994 294 Antmusic WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994)
1992 499 Antmusic KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992)
1992 253 Antmusic Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992)
1991 141 Antmusic Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991)
1991 454 Antmusic WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991)
1989 325 Stand and Deliver KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989)
1989 337 Antmusic KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989)
1989 489 Dog Eat Dog KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989)
1989 74 Antmusic WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989)
1989 189 Antmusic 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989)
1988 54 Stand and Deliver KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988)
1988 373 Dog Eat Dog KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988)
1988 330 Antmusic Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988)
1983 45 Stand and Deliver 91X Top 91 Songs of 1983
1982 17 Stand and Deliver KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982
1982 76 Prince Charming KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982
1981 2 Antmusic KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981
1981 11 Stand and Deliver KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981
1981 24 Prince Charming KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981
1981 43 Dog Eat Dog KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981
1981 77 Friends KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981
1980 30 Kings of the Wild Frontier John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1980)
– 131 Antmusic WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s