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Caribou
Solo artist Dundas Canada electronic act from Dan Snaith
Caribou is an artist from Dundas. Caribou has 7 chart appearances on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations on RockLists, spanning 2010–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Odessa”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #11. The station that charted Caribou most often is KEXP (Seattle, WA), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2010.
Caribou is the main alias of Dan Snaith, born in Dundas, Canada in 1978, a musician who has also worked as Manitoba and Daphni and has piled up 11 studio albums since 2000. His instruments run from drums, synths, bass and guitar to his own soft voice, and the results drift between psychedelic pop, dream pop and the dance floor. Andorra, from 2007, took the Polaris Music Prize in 2008.
Swim, in 2010, is the club record: liquid, rubbery electronic music with a pulse you feel in your chest and melodies that swim just under the surface, and "Odessa" is its sly, loping calling card. It made the Polaris shortlist too. Our Love followed in 2014, warmer and more openhearted, with "Can't Do Without You" looping its plea until it becomes a mantra; that record also landed on the Polaris shortlist and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Album.
On stage it stops being a one-man show. Ryan Smith on guitar and keys, John Schmersal on bass and keys and Brad Weber on drums play with Snaith as a real band, and he has been clear that they are equal partners, not hired hands. Labels along the way have included The Leaf Label, Domino, City Slang and Merge.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Caribou on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odessa | 4 | #11 | – | 2010 | |
| 2 | Can't Do Without You | 2 | #55 | – | 2014 | |
| 3 | Home | 1 | #657 | – | – |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 657 | Home | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound |
| 2024 | 389 | Odessa | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time |
| 2019 | 454 | Can't Do Without You | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time |
| 2019 | 578 | Odessa | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time |
| 2014 | 55 | Can't Do Without You | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2014 |
| 2010 | 11 | Odessa | Impact 89FM Top 89 of 2010 |
| 2010 | 59 | Odessa | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2010 |
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