Artist · chart history
Black Kids
Band Jacksonville United States Formed 2006 US indie rock band from Florida
Black Kids formed in 2006 in Jacksonville, United States. Black Kids has 8 chart appearances on 8 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 2008–2022. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You”, which appears on 6 lists with a best position of #24. The station that charted Black Kids most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2008.
Black Kids came out of Jacksonville, Florida, in 2006 with a sound that crossed indie rock with shiny, sugar-rushed synth-pop, and the world noticed fast. Reggie Youngblood sang and played guitar, Ali Youngblood and Dawn Watley manned the keyboards and backing vocals, Owen Holmes played bass and Kevin Snow drums.
The Wizard of Ahhhs EP in 2007 was the spark that carried them overseas, and its standout, "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You", is a gleeful, hand-clapping, boy-girl shout-along with a title that is half the joke and half the hook. It became the hit single from their debut album, Partie Traumatic, which went to number five in Britain in 2008. Then they disappeared for years, finally resurfacing with Rookie in 2017, and they have kept turning up on and off ever since.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Black Kids on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You | 6 | #24 | – | 2008 | |
| 2 | I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance Wi | 1 | #5 | – | 2008 | |
| 3 | I'm Not Going to Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You | 1 | #27 | – | 2008 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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