Artist · chart history
Augie March
Band Shepparton Australia Formed 1996
Augie March formed in 1996 in Shepparton, Australia. Augie March has 12 chart appearances on 12 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 1999–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “One Crowded Hour”, which appears on 8 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted Augie March most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2006.
Augie March came together in Victoria in 1996, with Glenn Richards singing, playing rhythm guitar and writing the songs, and Adam Donovan on lead guitar from the start until 2025. Richards is the whole show in a sense: his words are dense and poetic, his voice twists through them, and the band builds lush, intricate settings around him. The Waltz EP and "Asleep In Perfection" came first in 1999.
Sunset Studies in 2000 was the proper debut, and critics loved it; it drew four ARIA nominations and won Engineer of the Year for Chris Dickie, Chris Thompson, Paul McKercher and Richard Pleasance. Tragedy hit early: piano player Robert Dawson, a member since March 2000, died in January 2001, and Kiernan Box took over the keys. Strange Bird in 2002 won praise in Australia and the US alike.
Moo, You Bloody Choir in 2006 was the big one. "One Crowded Hour" is its lead single and its heart, a sweeping, bittersweet song that let the band's grandeur finally reach a wide audience, and the album took the Australian Music Prize that year. They toured Australia and the US on the back of it, released Watch Me Disappear in 2008, broke up late in 2009, then got back together in mid-2014, with three more albums since.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Augie March on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Crowded Hour | 8 | #1 | 1 | 2007 | |
| 2 | There is No Such Place | 1 | #47 | – | 2001 | |
| 3 | Asleep In Perfection | 1 | #61 | – | 1999 | |
| 4 | This Train Will Be Taking No Passengers | 1 | #66 | – | 2002 | |
| 5 | Bottle Baby | 1 | #102 | – | 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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