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Ben Harper

Solo artist Pomona United States singer, guitarist, The Innocent Criminals

Ben Harper is an artist from Pomona. Ben Harper has 56 chart appearances on 46 radio countdowns from 15 stations on RockLists, spanning 1996–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Faded”, which appears on 19 lists with a best position of #80. The station that charted Ben Harper most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 20 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2003.

56appearances

46countdowns

14songs charted

15stations

0#1 finishes

1996–2026years

Songs by Ben Harper on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Faded	454	19	#80	–	1997
2	With My Own Two Hands	258	10	#29	–	2003
3	Diamonds on the Inside	185	6	#18	–	2003
4	Burn To Shine	173	7	#65	–	1999
5	Steal My Kisses	117	3	#19	–	2000
6	Drugs Don't Work	79	1	#22	–	2001
7	Ground on Down	54	1	#412	–	–
8	Better Way	47	2	#87	–	2006
9	Burn One Down	22	1	#691	–	–
10	Strawberry Fields Forever	19	1	#82	–	2002
11	Mama's Trippin'	15	1	#86	–	1998
12	Whipping Boy	11	1	#815	–	–
13	Gold to Me	1	1	#100	–	1996
14	Forgiven	1	1	#1991	–	–

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.

96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 06

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2026	815	Whipping Boy	KXT 917 Song Countdown
2024	695	Faded	The Best Opening Tracks of All Time
2023	412	Ground on Down	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2014	1222	Faded	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013	1170	Faded	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013	597	Better Way	WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013)
2013	799	With My Own Two Hands	WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013)
2011	1113	Faded	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010	1077	Faded	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009	1038	Faded	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	691	Burn One Down	WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009)
2008	1117	Faded	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007	1161	Faded	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2006	87	Better Way	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006
2006	154	Artist ranking	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006)
2005	372	Burn To Shine	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005)
2005	1726	Faded	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	1953	With My Own Two Hands	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004	1731	Faded	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	1963	With My Own Two Hands	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	46	With My Own Two Hands	91X Top 91 Songs of 2003
2003	69	Diamonds on the Inside	91X Top 91 Songs of 2003
2003	89	With My Own Two Hands	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003
2003	55	With My Own Two Hands	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003
2003	72	Diamonds on the Inside	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003
2003	81	Diamonds on the Inside	CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2003
2003	86	Diamonds on the Inside	The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003
2003	66	With My Own Two Hands	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2003
2003	79	With My Own Two Hands	Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003
2003	101	Diamonds on the Inside	Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003
2003	18	Diamonds on the Inside	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2003
2003	29	With My Own Two Hands	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2003
2003	346	Burn To Shine	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003)
2003	1731	Faded	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	1963	With My Own Two Hands	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	1991	Forgiven	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002	82	Strawberry Fields Forever	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002
2002	339	Burn To Shine	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002)
2002	1748	Faded	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	131	Faded	The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial)
2001	22	Drugs Don't Work	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001
2001	394	Burn To Shine	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)
2001	1759	Faded	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000	19	Steal My Kisses	91X Top 91 Songs of 2000
2000	79	Steal My Kisses	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2000
2000	393	Burn To Shine	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)
2000	1759	Faded	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999	86	Burn To Shine	89X Top 89 Songs of 1999
1999	65	Burn To Shine	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999
1999	85	Steal My Kisses	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999
1999	1760	Faded	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1998	86	Mama's Trippin'	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998
1997	97	Faded	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997
1997	90	Faded	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997
1997	80	Faded	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1997
1996	100	Gold to Me	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1996