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Blue Rodeo
Band Toronto Canada Formed 1984
Blue Rodeo formed in 1984 in Toronto, Canada. Blue Rodeo has 8 chart appearances on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations on RockLists, spanning 1991–2022. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Diamond Mine”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #243. The station that charted Blue Rodeo most often is CFNY 102.1 The Edge (Toronto, ON), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2003.
Blue Rodeo came together in Toronto in 1984, with Jim Cuddy, Greg Keelor, Bazil Donovan, Bob Wiseman and Cleave Anderson in the original lineup. What they played was country rock, but with a big-city ache to it: twangy guitars and honky-tonk harmonies wrapped around songs that feel like late nights and long drives home.
Outskirts in 1987 gave them "Try" and "Rose Coloured Glasses", and Diamond Mine followed in 1989, the year they became the band to beat back home: the Junos handed them Group of the Year, Single of the Year and Video of the Year. They kept winning Group of the Year in 1990, 1991, 1996 and 2008.
The lineup kept turning over around Cuddy and Keelor, with Glenn Milchem settling onto the drum stool in 1991, Kim Deschamps adding steel guitar, banjo and mandolin, then Bob Egan on steel and Colin Cripps joining later. Palace of Gold in 2002 added "Walk Like You Don't Mind". They've kept going through 16 studio albums and counting.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Blue Rodeo on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diamond Mine | 2 | #243 | – | – | |
| 2 | Try | 1 | #273 | – | – | |
| 3 | Arizona Dust | 1 | #309 | – | – | |
| 4 | Rose Coloured Glasses | 1 | #433 | – | – | |
| 5 | Walk Like You Don't Mind | 1 | #51 | – | 2003 | |
| 6 | Til I Am Myself Again | 1 | #564 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 564 | Til I Am Myself Again | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s |
| 2018 | 309 | Arizona Dust | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 |
| 2006 | 699 | Artist ranking | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006) |
| 2003 | 51 | Walk Like You Don't Mind | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003 |
| 1999 | 937 | Diamond Mine | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) |
| 1991 | 243 | Diamond Mine | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) |
| 1991 | 273 | Try | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) |
| 1991 | 433 | Rose Coloured Glasses | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) |
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