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Carbon Leaf
Band Formed 1992
Carbon Leaf formed in 1992. Carbon Leaf has 14 chart appearances on 10 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 2003–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “What About Everything”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #358. The station that charted Carbon Leaf most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2003.
Carbon Leaf have been at it out of Richmond, Virginia, since 1992, mixing alt-country, Celtic lilt and folk into a warm, rootsy kind of indie rock. The band has changed around the edges over the years, but Barry Privett, Carter Gravatt and Terry Clark have been there from the start, joined now by Jon Markel and Jesse Humphrey, who handles drums and backing vocals.
"Life Less Ordinary" is the song they'll always be known for. It first appeared in 2004 and went to #5 on Billboard's Adult Alternative chart, an easygoing, big-hearted tune. A decade on it turned up again on 2014's Indian Summer Revisited, next to "What About Everything", still sounding like a band that plays for the pleasure of it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Carbon Leaf on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What About Everything | 4 | #358 | – | – | |
| 2 | Life Less Ordinary | 6 | #316 | – | – | |
| 3 | Shine | 1 | #81 | – | 2003 | |
| 4 | Miss Hollywood | 2 | #83 | – | 2009 |
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.
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