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Ben Folds

Ben Folds has 48 chart appearances on 36 radio countdowns from 9 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Landed”, which appears on 13 lists with a best position of #32. The station that charted Ben Folds most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 17 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2001.

48appearances

36countdowns

13songs charted

9stations

0#1 finishes

2001–2025years

Songs by Ben Folds on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Landed	581	13	#32	–	2005
2	Rockin The Suburbs	316	10	#17	–	2001
3	You Don'T Know Me	247	7	#16	–	2008
4	The Luckiest	216	5	#180	–	–
5	There's Always Someone Cooler Than You	74	1	#27	–	2003
6	Adelaide	64	1	#37	–	2004
7	Phone in a Pool	62	2	#49	–	2015
8	Still Fighting It	58	2	#391	–	–
9	Gone	53	1	#419	–	–
10	Exhausting Lover	42	2	#61	–	2023
11	Not the Same	34	1	#67	–	2001
12	Such Great Heights	31	1	#70	–	2006
13	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 03 04 05 06 08 15 23

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2025	287	You Don'T Know Me	893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now
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	870	Still Fighting It	WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024)
2023	61	Exhausting Lover	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2023
2023	84	Exhausting Lover	KXT Top 91 Songs of 2023
2020	935	The Luckiest	WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time
2020	1831	Landed	WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time
2018	636	The Luckiest	The Current's 893 Essential Songs
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
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	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	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	180	The Luckiest	WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009)
2009	419	Gone	WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009)
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	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	144	Rockin The Suburbs	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002)
2002	1964	Rockin The Suburbs	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2001	18	Rockin The Suburbs	CD101 Top 101 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)