Artist · chart history
Camp Cope
Band Melbourne Australia Active 2015–2023
Camp Cope formed in 2015 in Melbourne, Australia and was active until 2023. Camp Cope has 3 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2016–2023. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Seventeen Going Under (originally by Sam Fender)”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #38. The station that charted Camp Cope most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2017.
Camp Cope got together in Melbourne in 2015, a three-piece built around singer, guitarist and songwriter Georgia Maq, with bassist Kelso and drummer Sarah "Thomo" Thompson holding down the low end. They signed to Poison City Records, the independent Melbourne label where Thompson also worked, while Boston's Run for Cover carried their records to North America and Europe.
The self-titled debut arrived in 2016, with "Lost (Season One)" on it, and How to Socialise & Make Friends followed in 2018, with "The Opener" on it. The sound is plain and bruising: Maq's voice cracking and climbing over chiming guitar, a rhythm section that never shows off. Maq called it "power emo", which fits better than any critic's shorthand. It's music that sounds uplifting and wounded at once, and Maq never hides behind her words. They also turned Sam Fender's "Seventeen Going Under" into something that sounded like their own.
In February 2023 the band said they were done and played a run of farewell shows. The goodbye didn't quite stick: on 28 May 2026 the three of them turned up together at Maq's solo show at The Tote in Melbourne and ran through five songs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Camp Cope on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seventeen Going Under (originally by Sam Fender) | 1 | #38 | – | – | |
| 2 | The Opener | 1 | #58 | – | 2017 | |
| 3 | Lost (Season One) | 1 | #74 | – | 2016 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 38 | Seventeen Going Under (originally by Sam Fender) | Triple J Hottest 100 of Like a Version (2023) |
| 2017 | 58 | The Opener | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017 |
| 2016 | 74 | Lost (Season One) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2016 |
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