Artist · chart history
Alexisonfire
Band St. Catharines Canada Formed 2001 Canadian post‐hardcore band
Alexisonfire formed in 2001 in St. Catharines, Canada. Alexisonfire has 20 chart appearances on 13 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 2005–2022. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “This Could Be Anywhere in the World”, which appears on 6 lists with a best position of #7. The station that charted Alexisonfire most often is CFNY 102.1 The Edge (Toronto, ON), with 18 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2007.
Alexisonfire came screaming out of St. Catharines, Ontario, in 2001 with a split personality that turned out to be their greatest asset. George Pettit supplied the throat-shredding roar, Dallas Green countered with soaring clean vocals, and Wade MacNeil added guitar and his own hollered backups, with Chris Steele on bass and first Jesse Ingelevics, then Jordan Hastings, on drums. Aggression and melody went head to head in every song.
The self-titled debut in 2002 and its breakthrough single "Pulmonary Archery" got them noticed, and "Watch Out!", in 2004, made them stars in Canada, with "Accidents" swinging from a pretty verse to a bloodcurdling shout. Crisis, in 2006, debuted at No. 1 on the Canadian albums chart and carried their name overseas: "This Could Be Anywhere in the World" is a gang-vocal anthem with teeth, "Boiled Frogs" a jagged, pummeling fury. Old Crows / Young Cardinals, in 2009, went heavier and more adventurous, from the title track to "The Northern".
Then they broke up in 2011. The reunion shows grew into a full reformation in 2015, and Otherness, in 2022, their first album in more than a decade, found the old sound stretched in new directions on songs like "Sans Soleil". In Canada, every album they have made has gone gold or platinum.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Alexisonfire on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This Could Be Anywhere in the World | 6 | #7 | – | 2007 | |
| 2 | Boiled Frogs | 3 | #3 | – | 2007 | |
| 3 | Young Cardinals | 4 | #31 | – | 2009 | |
| 4 | To A Friend | 1 | #27 | – | 2008 | |
| 5 | The Northern | 1 | #28 | – | 2010 | |
| 6 | Sans Soleil | 1 | #7 | – | 2022 | |
| 7 | Midnight Regulations | 1 | #42 | – | 2010 | |
| 8 | Accidents | 2 | #89 | – | 2005 | |
| 9 | Born and Raised | 1 | #91 | – | 2009 |
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.
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