Artist · chart history
Bastille
Band London United Kingdom Formed 2010 British indie pop band
Bastille formed in 2010 in London, United Kingdom. Bastille has 122 chart appearances on 95 radio countdowns from 32 stations on RockLists, spanning 2013–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Pompeii”, which appears on 37 lists and was voted number one three times. In total the artist has topped 3 countdowns. The station that charted Bastille most often is 91X (San Diego, CA / Tijuana), with 13 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2014.
Bastille started out as a solo project for London singer Dan Smith, who also handles keyboards and percussion, and grew into a band when keyboardist Kyle Simmons, bassist and guitarist Will Farquarson and drummer Chris "Woody" Wood joined up. After an independent debut single and the self-released Laura Palmer EP, they signed to Virgin.
Bad Blood, their first album, went straight to number one in the UK, and its big hit "Pompeii" reached number two there: a thundering, chant-along anthem that seemed built for the biggest rooms going. Smith's dramatic, slightly nervy voice sits right on top of the synth-pop gloss, and it gave the band a sound all their own. The title track and "Flaws" filled out the record, and at the 2014 Brits they won British Breakthrough Act after 4 nominations, then earned a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist.
Wild World arrived in September 2016 with "Good Grief", followed by Doom Days in June 2019, Give Me the Future in February 2022 and "&" in October 2024. By August 2021 they had sold more than eleven million records, and their music keeps turning up in TV shows, films, games and ads.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Bastille on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pompeii | 37 | #1 | 3 | 2013 | |
| 2 | Good Grief | 13 | #6 | – | 2016 | |
| 3 | Bad Blood | 14 | #10 | – | 2014 | |
| 4 | Flaws | 8 | #16 | – | 2014 | |
| 5 | Quarter Past Midnight | 8 | #11 | – | 2018 | |
| 6 | survivin' | 6 | #23 | – | 2020 | |
| 7 | Happier | 5 | #6 | – | 2018 | |
| 8 | Blame | 3 | #11 | – | 2017 | |
| 9 | Joy | 4 | #15 | – | 2019 | |
| 10 | What You Gonna Do? | 4 | #38 | – | 2020 | |
| 11 | Distorted Light Beam | 4 | #27 | – | 2021 | |
| 12 | No Bad Days | 2 | #41 | – | 2022 | |
| 13 | Things We Lost in the Fire | 2 | #20 | – | 2013 | |
| 14 | Shut Off The Lights | 2 | #18 | – | 2022 | |
| 15 | Lethargy | 2 | #43 | – | 2016 | |
| 16 | World Gone Mad | 6 | #48 | – | 2018 | |
| 17 | Overjoyed | 1 | #22 | – | 2014 | |
| 18 | Laura Palmer | 1 | #15 | – | 2013 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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Songs by other artists credited with Bastille as a guest.
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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