Artist · chart history
Admiral Freebee
Band Antwerp Belgium Formed 1999 band/project of Tom Van Laere
Admiral Freebee formed in 1999 in Antwerp, Belgium. Admiral Freebee has 3 chart appearances on 1 radio countdown from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2014. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Breaking Away”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #12. The station that charted Admiral Freebee most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2014.
Admiral Freebee is the stage name of Tom Van Laere, a Belgian singer-songwriter born in 1975, and the name itself tells you where his head is at: he pulled it from Jack Kerouac's On the Road. Out of Antwerp since 1999, he plays guitar and sings, and he has always sounded like a man who would rather be on the highway than anywhere else.
The name has another life, too: it once belonged to a ship that sank in San Francisco Bay and ended up serving as a buoy. The Great Scam, released in 2014 on Sony Music, is rough-edged rock with a restless streak, the kind of record that rewards turning it up, and "Breaking Away", "Nothing Else To Do" and "Walking Wounded" all come from it. Behind him, the band has included Jeff Claeys, Sjang Coenen and Yves Van Lommel on bass and Frederik Van den Berghe on drums.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Admiral Freebee on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breaking Away | 1 | #12 | – | 2014 | |
| 2 | Nothing Else To Do | 1 | #24 | – | 2014 | |
| 3 | Walking Wounded | 1 | #31 | – | 2014 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 12 | Breaking Away | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2014 |
| 2014 | 24 | Nothing Else To Do | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2014 |
| 2014 | 31 | Walking Wounded | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2014 |
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