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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Band San Francisco United States Formed 1998 US rock band from San Francisco

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club formed in 1998 in San Francisco, United States. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club has 57 chart appearances on 42 radio countdowns from 21 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Ain't No Easy Way”, which appears on 16 lists with a best position of #35. The station that charted Black Rebel Motorcycle Club most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 30 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2003.

57appearances

42countdowns

8songs charted

21stations

0#1 finishes

2001–2025years

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club deal in a fog of fuzz, feedback and leather-jacket cool. Peter Hayes, on vocals, guitar and harmonica, and Robert Levon Been, on vocals, bass and guitar, started the band in 1998 with Nick Jago on drums, and both frontmen share the singing.

B.R.M.C., the 2001 debut, set the template with "Love Burns", a slow-burning drone with a sweet melody buried in the haze, while "Whatever Happened to My Rock n' Roll?" swaggers and snarls. Take Them On, on Your Own, in 2003, got louder and meaner, with "Stop" lurching forward on a thick, grinding bass line. Howl, in 2005, changed the weather: "Ain't No Easy Way" stomps and claps with a dusty, back-porch feel, as if the band had unplugged half the amps and gone looking for older roots.

Jago left in 2008, and Leah Shapiro took over the drums. Baby 81, The Effects of 333, Beat the Devil's Tattoo, Specter at the Feast and Wrong Creatures kept the black-clad engine running into 2018.

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

Songs by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Ain't No Easy Way	641	16	#35	–	2005
2	Stop	423	17	#18	–	2003
3	Love Burns	129	11	#28	–	2002
4	Beat The Devil's Tattoo	113	4	#52	–	2010
5	Let The Day Begin	65	2	#65	–	2013
6	Berlin	61	2	#57	–	2007
7	Weapon of Choice	46	2	#69	–	2007
8	Whatever Happened to My Rock n' Roll?	42	2	#68	–	2002

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.

01 02 03 05 06 07 10 13

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2025	724	Ain't No Easy Way	893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now
2024	902	Ain't No Easy Way	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century
2024	468	Stop	The Best Opening Tracks of All Time
2022	247	Stop	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s
2022	890	Ain't No Easy Way	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s
2019	528	Ain't No Easy Way	KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time
2018	612	Beat The Devil's Tattoo	WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018
2014	786	Ain't No Easy Way	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013	65	Let The Day Begin	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2013
2013	147	Let The Day Begin	WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2013
2013	792	Ain't No Easy Way	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013	1984	Love Burns	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011	763	Ain't No Easy Way	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011	1959	Love Burns	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010	52	Beat The Devil's Tattoo	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2010
2010	67	Beat The Devil's Tattoo	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2010
2010	85	Beat The Devil's Tattoo	WLCA Top 89 of 2010
2010	735	Ain't No Easy Way	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010	1876	Love Burns	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010	1944	Stop	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009	719	Ain't No Easy Way	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	1829	Love Burns	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	1885	Stop	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	521	Ain't No Easy Way	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade
2008	770	Ain't No Easy Way	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008	1853	Stop	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008	1870	Love Burns	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007	69	Weapon of Choice	89X Top 89 Songs of 2007
2007	79	Weapon of Choice	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2007
2007	86	Berlin	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2007
2007	57	Berlin	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2007
2007	653	Ain't No Easy Way	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007	1808	Stop	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007	1916	Love Burns	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2006	35	Ain't No Easy Way	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006
2006	877	Artist ranking	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006)
2005	90	Ain't No Easy Way	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2005
2005	80	Ain't No Easy Way	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2005
2005	384	Ain't No Easy Way	ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005
2005	1897	Love Burns	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	1937	Stop	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004	1908	Love Burns	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	1945	Stop	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	18	Stop	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003
2003	92	Stop	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003
2003	92	Stop	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003
2003	38	Stop	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003
2003	73 (tie)	Stop	WBER Listener Countdown 2003
2003	82	Stop	Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2003
2003	84	Stop	WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003
2003	99	Stop	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003
2003	1908	Love Burns	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	1944	Stop	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002	84	Love Burns	91X Top 91 Songs of 2002
2002	28	Love Burns	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002
2002	68	Whatever Happened to My Rock n' Roll?	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002
2001	93	Whatever Happened to My Rock n' Roll?	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001

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