Artist · chart history
Arsenal
Band Antwerp Belgium Formed 1999 Belgian electro
Arsenal formed in 1999 in Antwerp, Belgium. Arsenal has 5 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2008–2014. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Temul (Lie Low)”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #23. The station that charted Arsenal most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2014.
Arsenal started in Antwerp in 1999 as a partnership between 2 Belgian musicians, Hendrik Willemyns and John Roan, and the pair have run it ever since less like a fixed band than like an open-house studio. Their debut single, "Release", came out that first year, and the albums after it, nine in all, have pulled in a guest list that stretches from Mike Ladd and Shawn Smith to John Garcia, Grant Hart and Johnny Whitney.
The home base is electronic dance music, but they never sit still in it. African and Latin American rhythms roll under pop hooks, hip-hop cadences brush up against indie-rock guitars, and the records play like a crate-digger's travel diary set to a club pulse. Lotuk in 2008 gave the countdowns its title track and "Estupendo", Lokemo followed in 2011 with "Melvin", and Furu in 2014 brought "Temul (Lie Low)" and "Black mountain (beautiful love)".
Around the core duo, the current lineup puts Leonie Gysel on lead vocals, Mirko Banovic on bass and Bruno Févery and Rodrigo Fuentealba on guitars, giving all that studio wanderlust some flesh and blood.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Arsenal on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Temul (Lie Low) | 1 | #23 | – | 2014 | |
| 2 | Melvin | 1 | #19 | – | 2011 | |
| 3 | Lotuk | 1 | #29 | – | 2008 | |
| 4 | Estupendo | 1 | #31 | – | 2008 | |
| 5 | Black mountain (beautiful love) | 1 | #35 | – | 2014 |
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.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 23 | Temul (Lie Low) | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2014 |
| 2014 | 35 | Black mountain (beautiful love) | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2014 |
| 2011 | 19 | Melvin | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2011 |
| 2008 | 29 | Lotuk | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2008 |
| 2008 | 31 | Estupendo | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2008 |
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