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Ben Folds

Ben Folds has 133 chart appearances on 85 radio countdowns from 26 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Landed”, which appears on 25 lists with a best position of #14. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted Ben Folds most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 26 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2001.

133appearances

85countdowns

30songs charted

26stations

1#1 finishes

2001–2026years

Songs by Ben Folds on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Landed	1,257	25	#14	–	2005
2	You Don'T Know Me	1,093	20	#1	1	2008
3	Rockin The Suburbs	800	19	#12	–	2001
4	The Luckiest	426	9	#180	–	–
5	From Above	397	7	#10	–	2010
6	Still Fighting It	364	9	#37	–	2001
7	Phone in a Pool	266	6	#20	–	2015
8	Exhausting Lover	243	5	#6	–	2023
9	Capable Of Anything	178	2	#10	–	2015
10	Winslow Gardens	165	4	#5	–	2023
11	Not the Same	152	4	#32	–	2002
12	Hiroshima	103	2	#284	–	–
13	Late	98	2	#67	–	2005
14	Trusted	81	1	#45	–	2005
15	Tiny Dancer	80	1	#170	–	–
16	There's Always Someone Cooler Than You	74	1	#27	–	2003
17	You To Thank	69	1	#72	–	2005
18	Adelaide	64	1	#37	–	2004
19	Annie Waits	64	2	#412	–	–
20	In Between Days	59	1	#350	–	–
21	Gone	53	1	#419	–	–
22	Phone In The Pool	52	1	#49	–	2015
23	Song for the Dumped	43	1	#523	–	–
24	Jesusland	35	1	#594	–	–
25	Picture Window	33	1	#75	–	2011
26	Hiro's Song	31	1	#72	–	2002
27	Such Great Heights	31	1	#70	–	2006
28	Brick	30	1	#351	–	–
29	She Don't Use Jelly	17	1	#709	–	–
30	Bastard	12	1	#89	–	2005

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

01 02 03 04 05 06 08 10 11 15 16 23 24

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2026	728	The Luckiest	WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time
2025	287	You Don'T Know Me	893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now
2025	312	The Luckiest	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century
2025	661	Rockin The Suburbs	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century
2025	830	Annie Waits	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century
2025	868	Not the Same	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century
2025	156	Landed	WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far)
2025	282	Still Fighting It	WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far)
2025	301	You Don'T Know Me	WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far)
2025	560	Rockin The Suburbs	WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far)
2024	5	Winslow Gardens	WBER Listener Countdown 2024
2024	538	Landed	WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years
2024	1013	Landed	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century
2024	170	Tiny Dancer	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs
2024	350	In Between Days	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs
2024	460	The Luckiest	WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024)
2024	504	Landed	WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024)
2024	709	She Don't Use Jelly	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs
2024	870	Still Fighting It	WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024)
2023	6	Exhausting Lover	WBER Listener Countdown 2023
2023	49	Winslow Gardens	WERS Top 88 Songs of 2023
2023	54	Exhausting Lover	90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2023
2023	61	Exhausting Lover	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2023
2023	69	Winslow Gardens	90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2023
2023	71	Exhausting Lover	Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2023
2023	84	Exhausting Lover	KXT Top 91 Songs of 2023
2023	472	Landed	WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023
2023	533	The Luckiest	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time
2023	1228	Winslow Gardens	WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023
2023	312	Rockin The Suburbs	The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places
2023	352	Phone in a Pool	The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places
2022	351	Brick	X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time
2022	331	The Luckiest	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s
2022	346	Rockin The Suburbs	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s
2022	412	Annie Waits	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s
2022	626	Still Fighting It	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s
2022	660	Not the Same	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s
2022	717	Landed	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s
2022	809	You Don'T Know Me	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s
2020	935	The Luckiest	WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time
2020	1831	Landed	WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time
2019	268	You Don'T Know Me	WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019
2019	268	You Don'T Know Me	WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019
2019	779	Landed	WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019
2019	779	Landed	WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019
2018	636	The Luckiest	The Current's 893 Essential Songs
2016	18	Capable Of Anything	WBER Listener Countdown 2016
2016	15	Landed	WYEP 913 Countdown 2016
2016	258	Rockin The Suburbs	WYEP 913 Countdown 2016
2016	685	You Don'T Know Me	WYEP 913 Countdown 2016
2016	787	Still Fighting It	WYEP 913 Countdown 2016
2015	10	Capable Of Anything	WBER Listener Countdown 2015
2015	20	Phone in a Pool	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2015
2015	37	Phone in a Pool	WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2015
2015	49	Phone In The Pool	Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2015
2015	49	Phone in a Pool	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2015
2015	77	Phone in a Pool	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2015
2015	80	Phone in a Pool	WERS Top 88 Songs of 2015
2014	1245	Landed	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2014	834	The Luckiest	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014)
2013	1208	Landed	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013	1965	You Don'T Know Me	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013	242	You Don'T Know Me	WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013)
2013	291	Landed	WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013)
2013	391	Still Fighting It	WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013)
2011	75 (tie)	Picture Window	WBER Listener Countdown 2011
2011	1167	Landed	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011	1924	You Don'T Know Me	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010	10	From Above	WBER Listener Countdown 2010
2010	18	From Above	WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2010
2010	19	From Above	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2010
2010	31	From Above	WLCA Top 89 of 2010
2010	71	From Above	WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2010
2010	73	From Above	WFPK Top 100 Songs of 2010
2010	81	From Above	WEXT Top 97 of 2010
2010	1130	Landed	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010	1846	You Don'T Know Me	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010	800	Rockin The Suburbs	WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010)
2009	1091	Landed	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	1888	You Don'T Know Me	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	213	You Don'T Know Me	WYEP 913 Essential Songs
2009	334	Landed	WYEP 913 Essential Songs
2009	378	Still Fighting It	WYEP 913 Essential Songs
2009	523	Song for the Dumped	WYEP 913 Essential Songs
2009	608	Hiroshima	WYEP 913 Essential Songs
2009	126	Landed	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade
2009	234	You Don'T Know Me	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade
2009	284	Hiroshima	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade
2009	594	Jesusland	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade
2009	669	Late	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade
2009	180	The Luckiest	WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009)
2009	419	Gone	WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009)
2009	470	You Don'T Know Me	WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009)
2008	1	You Don'T Know Me	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2008
2008	4	You Don'T Know Me	WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2008
2008	5	You Don'T Know Me	WBER Listener Countdown 2008
2008	19	You Don'T Know Me	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2008
2008	70	You Don'T Know Me	Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2008
2008	16	You Don'T Know Me	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008
2008	1083	Landed	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007	855	Landed	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2006	70	Such Great Heights	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006
2006	78	Artist ranking	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006)
2005	32	Landed	Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005
2005	14	Landed	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 40 Songs of 2005
2005	16	Landed	WBER Listener Countdown 2005
2005	45 (tie)	Trusted	WBER Listener Countdown 2005
2005	67 (tie)	Late	WBER Listener Countdown 2005
2005	72 (tie)	You To Thank	WBER Listener Countdown 2005
2005	55	Landed	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005
2005	89	Bastard	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005
2005	311	Landed	ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005
2005	1881	Rockin The Suburbs	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004	37	Adelaide	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004
2004	1892	Rockin The Suburbs	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	27	There's Always Someone Cooler Than You	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2003
2003	267	Rockin The Suburbs	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003)
2003	1892	Rockin The Suburbs	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002	32 (tie)	Not the Same	WBER Listener Countdown 2002
2002	72	Hiro's Song	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002
2002	144	Rockin The Suburbs	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002)
2002	1964	Rockin The Suburbs	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2001	38	Rockin The Suburbs	91X Top 91 Songs of 2001
2001	89	Rockin The Suburbs	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001
2001	18	Rockin The Suburbs	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001
2001	12	Rockin The Suburbs	WBER Listener Countdown 2001
2001	27	Rockin The Suburbs	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001
2001	37 (tie)	Still Fighting It	WBER Listener Countdown 2001
2001	46	Still Fighting It	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001
2001	103	Still Fighting It	G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001
2001	17	Rockin The Suburbs	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001
2001	67	Not the Same	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001
2001	1981	Rockin The Suburbs	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)

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