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Biffy Clyro

Band Kilmarnock United Kingdom Formed 1995

Biffy Clyro formed in 1995 in Kilmarnock, United Kingdom. Biffy Clyro has 11 chart appearances on 11 radio countdowns from 9 stations on RockLists, spanning 2007–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Many of Horror”, which appears on 5 lists with a best position of #24. The station that charted Biffy Clyro most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2011.

11appearances

11countdowns

5songs charted

9stations

0#1 finishes

2007–2026years

Biffy Clyro have been hammering away since 1995, when Simon Neil teamed up with twin brothers James and Ben Johnston in Kilmarnock: Neil on guitar and lead vocals, James on bass, Ben on drums, and both brothers roaring along on backing vocals. The Scottish trio built their name on knotty, lurching riffs and sudden melodic lift-off, the kind of rock that seems to change its mind every eight bars.

Puzzle, their fourth album, in 2007, was the one that blew the doors open, reaching number two in the UK and going platinum, and the spiralling, brutal "Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies" came off it. Only Revolutions followed in 2009, earned a Mercury Music Prize nomination and went double platinum, fed by UK top ten singles "Mountains", "That Golden Rule" and "Many of Horror"; the last climbed to number eight after Matt Cardle's cover became the Christmas number one of 2010.

Opposites, in 2013, went bigger still, a double album that became their first UK number one. On stage they bulk up with former Oceansize members Mike Vennart and Richard "Gambler" Ingram, and ten studio albums in, they're still going, most recently with Futique in September 2025.

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

Songs by Biffy Clyro on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Many of Horror	131	5	#24	–	2011
2	Black Chandelier	59	2	#57	–	2013
3	Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies	34	2	#88	–	2007
4	Mountains	24	1	#78	–	2010
5	Biblical	16	1	#888	–	–

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.

07 10 11 13

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2026	888	Biblical	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound
2013	57	Black Chandelier	CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2013
2013	82	Black Chandelier	94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2013
2011	80	Many of Horror	CD101 Top 102 Songs of 2011
2011	24	Many of Horror	X96 Top 50 Songs of 2011
2011	73	Many of Horror	94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2011
2011	80	Many of Horror	89.7 The River Top 89 of 2011
2011	78	Many of Horror	WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2011
2010	78	Mountains	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2010
2007	88	Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies	The End Top 107 Songs of 2007
2007	88	Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2007

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