Artist · chart history
Air Traffic
Band Bournemouth United Kingdom Formed 2004
Air Traffic formed in 2004 in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. Air Traffic has 5 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 2007–2009. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Shooting Star”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #5. The station that charted Air Traffic most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2008.
Air Traffic came out of Bournemouth pounding pianos rather than strumming guitars, which made them stand out a mile in the indie rock gold rush of the mid-2000s. Chris Wall sang and hammered the keys, Tom Pritchard played guitar, Jim Maddock was on bass and David Ryan Jordan on drums, and they got their name from their old rehearsal space, an industrial unit next to Hurn Airport where the amps would pick up signals from air traffic control.
Their sound was indie rock with a rock'n'roll piano right at the front, boogie-woogie energy meeting big, yearning Britpop choruses. The Never Even Told Me Her Name EP arrived in 2006 with "Shooting Star" and "Time Goes By", and "Shooting Star" became their calling card, debuting at number 30 on the UK singles chart. Signed to EMI, they put out their debut album Fractured Life in 2007, packed with piano-driven anthems like "No More Running Away" and "Charlotte".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Air Traffic on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shooting Star | 2 | #5 | – | 2007 | |
| 2 | No more running away | 1 | #5 | – | 2008 | |
| 3 | Time goes by | 1 | #8 | – | 2008 | |
| 4 | Charlotte | 1 | #42 | – | 2007 |
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.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 87 (tie) | Shooting Star | WBER Listener Countdown 2009 |
| 2008 | 5 | No more running away | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2008 |
| 2008 | 8 | Time goes by | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2008 |
| 2007 | 5 | Shooting Star | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2007 |
| 2007 | 42 | Charlotte | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2007 |
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