Artist · chart history
Bodyjar
Band Melbourne Australia Formed 1990 Australian pop punk band
Bodyjar formed in 1990 in Melbourne, Australia. Bodyjar has 5 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1999–2002. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Not The Same”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #20. The station that charted Bodyjar most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2000.
Bodyjar spent their first years in Melbourne trying on names: they started in 1990 as Damnation, became Helium for a spell (long enough to put out an album, You Can't Hold Me Down, in 1992) and finally settled on Bodyjar in 1994. The first lineup had Cameron Baines and Ben Petterson both singing and playing guitar, Grant Relf on bass and vocals and Charles Zerafa on drums, and they debuted that year with Take a Look Inside.
This was fast, tuneful punk, all buzzsaw guitars and gang choruses, and they kept at it through Rimshot! in 1996 and No Touch Red in 1998, trading Zerafa for Ross Hetherington behind the kit along the way. By 1999 Tom Read had replaced Petterson on guitar, and the new lineup delivered How It Works in 2000, with the sharp, catchy "Not the Same", then Plastic Skies in 2002, home to "One in a Million" and the cheerfully blunt "Too Drunk to Drive".
A self-titled album followed in 2005 before they disbanded in 2009. The break didn't take: Bodyjar reformed in 2012 and came back with Role Model the year after.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Bodyjar on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not The Same | 1 | #20 | – | 2000 | |
| 2 | One in a Million | 1 | #31 | – | 2002 | |
| 3 | A Hazy Shade of Winter | 1 | #36 | – | 1999 | |
| 4 | Fall Yo The Ground | 1 | #66 | – | 2000 | |
| 5 | Too Drunk to Drive | 1 | #99 | – | 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.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 31 | One in a Million | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002 |
| 2002 | 99 | Too Drunk to Drive | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002 |
| 2000 | 20 | Not The Same | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2000 |
| 2000 | 66 | Fall Yo The Ground | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2000 |
| 1999 | 36 | A Hazy Shade of Winter | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999 |
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