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CHVRCHES
Band Glasgow United Kingdom Formed 2011 Glaswegian electronic pop trio
CHVRCHES formed in 2011 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. CHVRCHES has 86 chart appearances on 65 radio countdowns from 24 stations on RockLists, spanning 2013–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “The Mother we Share”, which appears on 21 lists with a best position of #5. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted CHVRCHES most often is The Current (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN), with 17 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2013.
CHVRCHES formed in Glasgow in September 2011, three musicians building a sound out of shimmering synths and one clear, piercing voice. Lauren Mayberry sings lead, while Iain Cook and Martin Doherty handle the synthesizers, bass and guitar, and the V in the name (it's pronounced "churches") is just the first sign of a band that likes its pop sharpened to a point.
The Recover EP in March 2013 carried "The Mother We Share" and "Recover", two songs that sound like neon reflected in a puddle: bright, cold arpeggios, booming drums and Mayberry cutting straight through the middle. By then the BBC's Sound of 2013 poll had already flagged them, and The Bones of What You Believe followed that September, and "Gun", from that year's first EP, is another early calling card. They picked up the Libera Award for Best Breakthrough Artist the next year.
Every Open Eye in 2015 went bigger and more euphoric on "Leave a Trace" and "Clearest Blue", Love Is Dead in 2018 went glossier still with "Miracle", and Screen Violence in 2021 turned darker and more cinematic on "How Not to Drown" and "Good Girls". Jonny Scott has been an unofficial fourth member since 2018.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by CHVRCHES on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Mother we Share | 21 | #5 | – | 2013 | |
| 2 | Leave a Trace | 9 | #20 | – | 2015 | |
| 3 | How Not To Drown | 7 | #1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| 4 | Recover | 5 | #12 | – | 2013 | |
| 5 | Get Out | 6 | #9 | – | 2018 | |
| 6 | Clearest Blue | 6 | #32 | – | 2016 | |
| 7 | Miracle | 6 | #29 | – | 2018 | |
| 8 | Gun | 3 | #4 | – | 2013 | |
| 9 | Over | 4 | #43 | – | 2023 | |
| 10 | Good Girls | 3 | #24 | – | 2021 | |
| 11 | He Said She Said | 3 | #40 | – | 2021 | |
| 12 | Bury It | 3 | #34 | – | 2016 | |
| 13 | Violent Delights | 1 | #11 | – | 2022 | |
| 14 | Empty Threat | 1 | #22 | – | 2016 | |
| 15 | Do I Wanna Know? (originally by Arctic Monkeys) | 1 | #29 | – | – | |
| 16 | Do I Wanna Know? (Like a Version) | 1 | #54 | – | 2014 | |
| 17 | Lies | 1 | #60 | – | 2013 | |
| 18 | Forever | 1 | #63 | – | 2020 | |
| 19 | LOVE. (originally by Kendrick Lamar) | 1 | #74 | – | – | |
| 20 | Never Ending Circles | 1 | #69 | – | 2015 | |
| 21 | Get Away | 1 | #85 | – | 2014 | |
| 22 | Death Stranding | 1 | #100 | – | 2019 |
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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