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Alex Clare
Solo artist Southwark United Kingdom
Alex Clare is an artist from Southwark. Alex Clare has 26 chart appearances on 24 radio countdowns from 19 stations on RockLists, spanning 2012–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Too Close”, which appears on 23 lists with a best position of #3. The station that charted Alex Clare most often is 96.5 The Buzz (Kansas City, MO-KS), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2012.
Alex Clare, the singer and songwriter from Southwark, put out his debut album The Lateness of the Hour on Island in July 2011, and it's an odd, exciting collision: a big, weathered soul voice dropped into productions by Mike Spencer and Major Lazer that lurch and wobble with dubstep bass.
"Too Close" is where the mix clicks hardest. The verses are all restraint, just Clare's voice aching over a sparse beat, and then the chorus drops out from under him in a rattling bass wobble, soul and sound-system at war in the same song. It turned out to be his biggest hit by a distance, climbing to number 4 in Britain and to number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in America, and it was nominated for Best British Single at the 2013 Brit Awards.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Alex Clare on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Too Close | 23 | #3 | – | 2012 | |
| 2 | Up All Night | 3 | #73 | – | 2012 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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Songs by other artists credited with Alex Clare as a guest.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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