Artist · chart history

American Hi-Fi

Band Boston United States Formed 1998

American Hi-Fi formed in 1998 in Boston, United States. American Hi-Fi has 22 chart appearances on 21 radio countdowns from 19 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2020. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Flavor of the Weak”, which appears on 18 lists with a best position of #12. The station that charted American Hi-Fi most often is 99X (Atlanta, GA), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2001.

22appearances

21countdowns

3songs charted

19stations

0#1 finishes

2001–2020years

American Hi-Fi came out of Boston in 1998 with a secret weapon: frontman Stacy Jones already knew the alt-rock game from behind the drum kit in Veruca Salt and Letters to Cleo. Out front on vocals and rhythm guitar, he teamed up with lead guitarist Jamie Arentzen and bassist Drew Parsons for big, bright, upbeat rock with pop-punk energy and power pop hooks.

Their self-titled debut in 2001 carried "Flavor of the Weak", a snotty, sing-along power chord charger, and the band was named the Boston Music Awards' Rising Star that year. The Art of Losing followed in 2003 with its title track, which also landed on the Freaky Friday soundtrack, and "The Breakup Song".

When their label dropped them, the band decamped to Los Angeles to rethink their sound, and Butch Walker produced Hearts on Parade. Fight the Frequency, Blood & Lemonade and the Anywhere Else but Here EP followed, and along the way they became Miley Cyrus's go-to guys, with two members doubling in her band.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by American Hi-Fi on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Flavor of the Weak	1,117	18	#12	–	2001
2	Another Perfect Day	31	1	#69	–	2001
3	The Art of Losing	25	3	#85	–	2003

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.

01 03

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2020	348	Flavor of the Weak	The DC101 Top 500
2005	567	Flavor of the Weak	99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2003	85	The Art of Losing	CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2003
2003	98	The Art of Losing	Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2003
2003	103	The Art of Losing	WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003
2001	50	Flavor of the Weak	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001
2001	67	Flavor of the Weak	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001
2001	25	Flavor of the Weak	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001
2001	44	Flavor of the Weak	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001
2001	61	Flavor of the Weak	K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001
2001	21	Flavor of the Weak	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2001
2001	25	Flavor of the Weak	The End Top 107 Songs of 2001
2001	28	Flavor of the Weak	89X Top 89 Songs of 2001
2001	73	Flavor of the Weak	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001
2001	18	Flavor of the Weak	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001
2001	12	Flavor of the Weak	G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001
2001	19	Flavor of the Weak	WBCN Top 41 Songs of 2001
2001	24	Flavor of the Weak	97X Top 97 Songs of 2001
2001	28	Flavor of the Weak	99X Top 99 Songs of 2001
2001	33	Flavor of the Weak	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001
2001	69	Another Perfect Day	99X Top 99 Songs of 2001
2001	20	Flavor of the Weak	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001

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