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Citizen Cope
Solo artist Memphis United States
Citizen Cope is an artist from Memphis. Citizen Cope has 91 chart appearances on 59 radio countdowns from 21 stations on RockLists, spanning 2002–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Son's Gonna Rise”, which appears on 24 lists with a best position of #6. The station that charted Citizen Cope most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 22 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2010.
Citizen Cope is the working name of Clarence Greenwood, a singer, songwriter and producer born in 1968, and his records sound like the back porch and the block at the same time: blues, soul and folk strummed on an acoustic guitar, laid over loose hip-hop grooves, with a husky, unhurried voice drawling on top. His self-titled debut in 2001 brought "Let the Drummer Kick" and "If There's Love".
The Clarence Greenwood Recordings, in 2004, is where it all came together, a quietly soulful record stocked with the hopeful "Son's Gonna Rise", the bruised "Bullet and a Target" and the slow, aching "Sideways". Every Waking Moment followed in 2006 with "Brother Lee". Other artists took notice, too: his songs have been cut by Carlos Santana, Dido, Pharoahe Monch and Richie Havens.
After bouncing between Capitol, Arista, DreamWorks and RCA, he started his own label, Rainwater Recordings, in 2010, and he has run his own show since. One Lovely Day came in 2012, and Heroin and Helicopters, self-released in March 2019 after a six-year wait, carried "Justice".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Citizen Cope on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Son's Gonna Rise | 24 | #6 | – | 2005 | |
| 2 | Bullet and a Target | 22 | #12 | – | 2005 | |
| 3 | Sideways | 9 | #43 | – | – | |
| 4 | Healing Hands | 4 | #19 | – | 2010 | |
| 5 | Justice | 7 | #39 | – | 2019 | |
| 6 | One Lovely Day | 5 | #61 | – | 2012 | |
| 7 | Hurricane Waters | 5 | #264 | – | – | |
| 8 | Brother Lee | 4 | #390 | – | – | |
| 9 | The Victory March | 2 | #13 | – | 2023 | |
| 10 | If There's Love | 1 | #187 | – | – | |
| 11 | Helping Hands | 1 | #25 | – | 2010 | |
| 12 | Scared of Heights | 1 | #37 | – | 2020 | |
| 13 | Let the Drummer Kick | 3 | #97 | – | 2002 | |
| 14 | Something to Believe In | 1 | #64 | – | 2012 | |
| 15 | My Way Home | 1 | #753 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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Songs by other artists credited with Citizen Cope as a guest.
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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