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Aztec Camera

Band East Kilbride United Kingdom Formed 1981 80/90's UK Group

Aztec Camera formed in 1981 in East Kilbride, United Kingdom. Aztec Camera has 66 chart appearances on 44 radio countdowns from 15 stations on RockLists, spanning 1982–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Oblivious”, which appears on 28 lists with a best position of #29. The station that charted Aztec Camera most often is Fred (XM 44) (XM Satellite Radio (national)), with 13 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1990.

66appearances

44countdowns

11songs charted

15stations

0#1 finishes

1982–2026years

Aztec Camera was always Roddy Frame's band, whoever else was on stage: out of East Kilbride in Scotland, he wrote the songs, sang them and was the one name that never changed. High Land, Hard Rain in 1983 is jangle pop at its most dewy-eyed, acoustic guitars chiming against Campbell Owens' bass and Bernie Clarke's keyboards, and "Oblivious", "Walk Out to Winter" and "Pillar to Post" pair a romantic's ache with a craftsman's sense of where a chorus should land.

Knife followed in 1984, and Love in 1987 swapped the bright jangle for a glossier, soul-tinged sheen on "Somewhere in My Heart" and "Deep & Wide & Tall". Stray, in 1990, brought "Good Morning Britain", a duet with Mick Jones, formerly of the Clash, and Frame kept the name going through Dreamland and Frestonia for six studio albums in all. Of all of it, "Oblivious" is the one countdown voters have held on to hardest.

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

Songs by Aztec Camera on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Oblivious	1,401	28	#29	–	1983
2	Somewhere In My Heart	319	6	#49	–	1988
3	Good Morning Britain	238	11	#22	–	1990
4	Jump	167	3	#250	–	–
5	All I Need is Everything	159	4	#65	–	1984
6	Still on Fire	124	3	#588	–	–
7	Walk Out To Winter	118	3	#405	–	–
8	Backwards and Forwards	101	2	#880	–	–
9	Pillar to Post	56	2	#24	–	1982
10	Deep & Wide & Tall	56	3	#61	–	1987
11	Head Is Happy (Heart's Insane)	7	1	#1865	–	–

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.

82 83 84 87 88 90

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2026	731	Good Morning Britain	KXT 917 Song Countdown
2025	321	Oblivious	The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs
2024	280	Jump	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs
2023	251	Oblivious	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s
2022	431	Walk Out To Winter	X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time
2021	802	Oblivious	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s
2005	1743	Good Morning Britain	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004	1741	Good Morning Britain	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	256	Somewhere In My Heart	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	1741	Good Morning Britain	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	442	Oblivious	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	566	Somewhere In My Heart	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	880	Backwards and Forwards	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1003	Still on Fire	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1223	All I Need is Everything	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1743	Deep & Wide & Tall	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	2011	Pillar to Post	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002	1475	Oblivious	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	1758	Good Morning Britain	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	588	Still on Fire	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	852	Somewhere In My Heart	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	1035	All I Need is Everything	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	1126	Backwards and Forwards	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	1865	Head Is Happy (Heart's Insane)	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	1987	Deep & Wide & Tall	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001	1477	Oblivious	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	1769	Good Morning Britain	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	275	Somewhere In My Heart	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000	1474	Oblivious	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	1769	Good Morning Britain	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999	465	Oblivious	91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999)
1999	452	Oblivious	The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	176	Oblivious	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999)
1999	1474	Oblivious	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	1768	Good Morning Britain	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	358	Oblivious	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1999	563	Walk Out To Winter	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1998	381	Oblivious	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998)
1995	275	Oblivious	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995)
1994	150	Oblivious	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994)
1994	302	Oblivious	Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994)
1992	81	Oblivious	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992)
1992	72	Oblivious	Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992)
1991	196	Oblivious	Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991)
1991	115	Oblivious	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991)
1991	250	Jump	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991)
1991	405	Walk Out To Winter	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition)
1991	435	Oblivious	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition)
1991	856	Good Morning Britain	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition)
1991	984	Still on Fire	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition)
1990	70	Good Morning Britain	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990
1990	22	Good Morning Britain	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1990
1989	168	Oblivious	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989)
1989	88	Oblivious	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989)
1989	254	Jump	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989)
1988	49	Somewhere In My Heart	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988
1988	61	Somewhere In My Heart	WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988
1988	297	Oblivious	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988)
1988	111	Oblivious	Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988)
1988	299	All I Need is Everything	Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988)
1987	61	Deep & Wide & Tall	WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1987
1984	65	All I Need is Everything	91X Top 91 Songs of 1984
1983	87	Oblivious	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983
1983	56	Oblivious	91X Top 91 Songs of 1983
1983	29	Oblivious	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1983
1982	24	Pillar to Post	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1982

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