Artist · chart history
Angels & Airwaves
Band San Diego United States Formed 2005
Angels & Airwaves formed in 2005 in San Diego, United States. Angels & Airwaves has 57 chart appearances on 46 radio countdowns from 24 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2021. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “The Adventure”, which appears on 18 lists with a best position of #6. The station that charted Angels & Airwaves most often is 91X (San Diego, CA / Tijuana), with 10 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2006.
Angels & Airwaves grew out of the silence after Blink-182 went on hiatus in 2005, with Tom DeLonge taking lead vocals and guitar in San Diego alongside guitarist and synth player David Kennedy, drummer Atom and bassist Ryan Sinn. DeLonge had bigger ideas this time: the new band leaned on Radiohead, Pink Floyd and U2, and DeLonge pitched it as a multimedia art project as much as a group.
We Don't Need to Whisper, in 2006, sounds like it was built for a planetarium, all delay-drenched guitars, synth pads and sky-high choruses, and "The Adventure" became their calling card, a soaring, stadium-sized rush with "Do It for Me Now" hot on its heels. I-Empire followed in 2007, with "Everything's Magic", and Matt Wachter took over the bass that year.
The multimedia talk wasn't just talk. The documentary Start the Machine came out in 2008, and when Love and Love: Part Two arrived, the band scored and produced a science-fiction film to go with them, directed by William Eubank. Ilan Rubin came in on drums in 2011, The Dream Walker came with an animated short in 2014, and Lifeforms followed in 2021, after DeLonge had parted ways with Blink-182 again and turned his full attention here.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Angels & Airwaves on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Adventure | 18 | #6 | – | 2006 | |
| 2 | Everything's Magic | 11 | #35 | – | 2007 | |
| 3 | Rebel Girl | 6 | #11 | – | 2019 | |
| 4 | Do It For Me Now | 7 | #55 | – | 2006 | |
| 5 | Surrender | 4 | #34 | – | 2012 | |
| 6 | Hallucinations | 3 | #31 | – | 2010 | |
| 7 | All That's Left Is Love | 1 | #33 | – | 2020 | |
| 8 | The Wolfpack | 2 | #75 | – | 2015 | |
| 9 | Euphoria | 1 | #39 | – | 2021 | |
| 10 | Secret Crowds | 3 | #57 | – | 2008 | |
| 11 | The War | 1 | #86 | – | 2006 |
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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