Artist · chart history
Bad Bad Hats
Band Minneapolis United States Formed 2012
Bad Bad Hats formed in 2012 in Minneapolis, United States. Bad Bad Hats has 11 chart appearances on 6 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2015–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Midway”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #6. The station that charted Bad Bad Hats most often is The Current (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN), with 11 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2018.
Bad Bad Hats took their name from a troublemaking character in the Madeline children's books, which suits a Minneapolis band that formed in 2012 and has been slipping sharp little hooks past people ever since. The lineup is Kerry Alexander, Chris Hoge and Connor Davison, and they call Afternoon Records home.
The It Hurts EP got things moving in 2013, and Psychic Reader, in 2015, is where their indie pop snaps into focus: bright, bruised and quick on its feet, with "Midway" as the calling card. Lightning Round followed in 2018 with "Nothing Gets Me High" and "Write It On Your Heart", then Walkman in 2021, whose title track and the wry "Detroit Basketball" kept the streak going, and a self-titled album in 2024 that brought "My Heart Your Heart".
They've done their time in the van, too, touring with a list that runs from Margaret Glaspy and Hippo Campus to the Front Bottoms, Third Eye Blind and Michelle Branch.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Bad Bad Hats on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Midway | 2 | #6 | – | 2015 | |
| 2 | Walkman | 2 | #64 | – | 2021 | |
| 3 | Detroit Basketball | 2 | #19 | – | 2021 | |
| 4 | Nothing Gets Me High | 1 | #20 | – | 2018 | |
| 5 | My Heart Your Heart | 1 | #38 | – | 2024 | |
| 6 | Wide Right | 1 | #56 | – | 2019 | |
| 7 | Write It On Your Heart | 1 | #61 | – | 2018 | |
| 8 | Super America (Remastered 2023) | 1 | #621 | – | – |
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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