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Belly

Band Boston United States Formed 1991 US pop-rock band

Belly formed in 1991 in Boston, United States. Belly has 86 chart appearances on 56 radio countdowns from 24 stations on RockLists, spanning 1993–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Feed The Tree”, which appears on 49 lists with a best position of #19. The station that charted Belly most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 32 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1993.

86appearances
56countdowns
8songs charted
24stations
0#1 finishes
1993–2025years

Belly was Tanya Donelly's band from the start. She founded it in 1991 and fronted it on vocals and guitar, with Fred Abong on bass and the brothers Tom and Chris Gorman on guitar and drums. A pair of 1992 EPs, Slow Dust and Gepetto, laid out the sound: jangling guitars with a sour streak running through them, and a sweet voice that kept sneaking something darker in under the melody, as on "Gepetto" and "Slow Dog".

Star arrived in 1993, and "Feed The Tree" made it their calling card, a loping, bright-eyed tune with a sting in its tail that turned into the band's biggest hit. "Full Moon, Empty Heart" showed the moodier side of the same record. The Grammys put Belly up for Best New Artist, and Abong left not long after the album came out, with Gail Greenwood taking over the bass.

King followed in 1995 but didn't match Star with the critics or the public, and the band called it quits soon after. Donelly spent years on a solo career, then brought the King lineup back together in 2016, and Dove, in 2018, returned them to the airwaves with "Shiny One".

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

Songs by Belly on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Feed The Tree
2,578		 49 #19 – 1993
2 Gepetto
989		 21 #48 – 1993
3 Shiny One
181		 5 #15 – 2018
4 Slow Dog
89		 4 #87 – 1993
5 Stars Align
47		 1 #45 – 2018
6 Dusted
28		 1 #642 – –
7 Full Moon, Empty Heart
26		 4 #1862 – –
8 Superconnected
19		 1 #84 – 1995

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.

93 95 18

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2025 768 Shiny One 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now
2025 151 Feed The Tree WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s
2025 163 Feed The Tree The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs
2023 70 Feed The Tree The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2023 642 Dusted The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2023 845 Gepetto The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2022 375 Feed The Tree 105.9 The X July 420 (2022)
2022 788 Feed The Tree The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time
2022 1073 Feed The Tree WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022
2022 99 Feed The Tree The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2022 737 Gepetto The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2021 85 Feed The Tree 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2021 473 Gepetto 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2019 548 Feed The Tree KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time
2018 15 Shiny One WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2018
2018 45 Stars Align WBER Listener Countdown 2018
2018 48 Shiny One 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2018
2018 77 Shiny One WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2018
2018 726 Shiny One WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018
2014 763 Feed The Tree CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2014 1401 Gepetto CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013 746 Feed The Tree CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013 1359 Gepetto CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011 724 Feed The Tree CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011 1310 Gepetto CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010 701 Feed The Tree CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010 1258 Gepetto CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009 684 Feed The Tree CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009 1311 Gepetto CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008 698 Feed The Tree CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008 1292 Gepetto CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007 726 Feed The Tree CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 1288 Gepetto CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 315 Feed The Tree KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007)
2006 381 Feed The Tree Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 275 Feed The Tree WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006)
2005 230 Feed The Tree WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005)
2005 475 Gepetto CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 1393 Feed The Tree CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 685 Feed The Tree 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2004 473 Gepetto CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004 1394 Feed The Tree CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003 212 Feed The Tree WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003)
2003 473 Gepetto CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003 1394 Feed The Tree CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002 216 Feed The Tree WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002)
2002 473 Gepetto CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 1408 Feed The Tree CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 1862 Full Moon, Empty Heart CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 376 Feed The Tree Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 878 Gepetto Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 1612 Slow Dog Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001 237 Feed The Tree WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)
2001 473 Gepetto CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 1410 Feed The Tree CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 1877 Full Moon, Empty Heart CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 276 Feed The Tree WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001)
2000 236 Feed The Tree WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)
2000 463 Gepetto CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000 1407 Feed The Tree CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000 1871 Full Moon, Empty Heart CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999 395 Feed The Tree Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 556 Slow Dog Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 76 Feed The Tree WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999)
1999 900 Feed The Tree The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 168 Feed The Tree WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999)
1999 462 Gepetto CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 1407 Feed The Tree CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 1871 Full Moon, Empty Heart CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 373 Feed The Tree WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)
1996 380 Feed The Tree Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996)
1996 112 Feed The Tree WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996)
1995 84 Superconnected The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95
1995 152 Feed The Tree Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995)
1994 448 Feed The Tree Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994)
1994 82 Feed The Tree WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994)
1993 30 Feed The Tree KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993
1993 98 Slow Dog KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993
1993 25 Feed The Tree 91X Top 91 Songs of 1993
1993 48 Gepetto 91X Top 91 Songs of 1993
1993 19 Feed The Tree Live 105 Top 105 Songs of 1993
1993 71 Gepetto Live 105 Top 105 Songs of 1993
1993 24 Feed The Tree Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993
1993 87 Slow Dog Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993
1993 101 Gepetto Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993
1993 25 Feed The Tree Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993

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