Artist · chart history
Allday
Solo artist Australian rapper
Allday has 5 chart appearances on 4 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2014–2023. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “You Always Know the DJ”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #35. The station that charted Allday most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2014.
Allday is Tomas Henry Gaynor, a rapper, singer and songwriter from Adelaide born in 1991, and he came up the way his generation does: in 2011 he started putting his music online for free and let the internet do the rest. As the audience grew he moved to Melbourne to take it seriously, and he later relocated to Los Angeles in February 2017.
His sound sits somewhere between hip-hop and indie pop, laid-back and a little melancholy, with hooks that drift rather than punch. He cites Silverchair, Frank Ocean and TLC as influences, which is about as good a map of his head as you'll get. His debut album, Startup Cult, came out in Australia in July 2014 and climbed to number three on the ARIA Charts, carrying "You Always Know the DJ" and "Right Now" onto the countdowns.
Speeding followed in 2017 with "In Motion", and Starry Night Over the Phone arrived in 2019 with "Protection". He has also taken a swing at Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Allday on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You Always Know the DJ | 1 | #35 | – | 2014 | |
| 2 | Big Yellow Taxi (originally by Joni Mitchell) | 1 | #42 | – | – | |
| 3 | In Motion | 1 | #44 | – | 2017 | |
| 4 | Right Now | 1 | #65 | – | 2014 | |
| 5 | Protection | 1 | #94 | – | 2019 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Featured on
Songs by other artists credited with Allday as a guest.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 42 | Big Yellow Taxi (originally by Joni Mitchell) | Triple J Hottest 100 of Like a Version (2023) |
| 2019 | 94 | Protection | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2019 |
| 2017 | 44 | In Motion | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017 |
| 2014 | 35 | You Always Know the DJ | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2014 |
| 2014 | 65 | Right Now | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2014 |
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