Artist · chart history
Bag Raiders
Band Sydney Australia Formed 2006 AU | electronic
Bag Raiders formed in 2006 in Sydney, Australia. Bag Raiders has 3 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2009–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Shooting Stars”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #18. The station that charted Bag Raiders most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2009.
Bag Raiders are Sydney duo Jack Glass and Chris Stracey, who started in 2006 and do almost everything themselves: keyboards, drums, vocals, production and remixes, with Stracey adding guitar, violin and piano. They write and produce for other artists too, and by 2009 they had landed at number 11 in the Inthemix poll of Australia's top 50 DJs.
"Shooting Stars", first out on the Turbo Love EP in 2008, is their calling card: a gleaming, wide-open disco-house glide built for the moment the lights go up. Their self-titled debut album followed in October 2010, reaching number 7 on the ARIA chart and earning a J Award nomination for album of the year, with "Way Back Home" riding the same starry-eyed groove.
Then the internet did something nobody planned. Years later "Shooting Stars" became the soundtrack to a hugely popular meme, and a whole new crowd discovered the song all over again.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Bag Raiders on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shooting Stars | 2 | #18 | – | 2009 | |
| 2 | Way Back Home | 1 | #46 | – | 2010 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | Shooting Stars | Triple J Hottest 100 of Australian Songs (2025) |
| 2010 | 46 | Way Back Home | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010 |
| 2009 | 18 | Shooting Stars | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2009 |
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