Artist · chart history
Clouds
Band Australia Formed 1989 Australian indie rock band
Clouds formed in 1989 in Australia. Clouds has 2 chart appearances on 1 radio countdown from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1991. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Hieronymous”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #33. The station that charted Clouds most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 2 appearances.
Sydney's Clouds formed in December 1989 around two frontwomen, Jodi Phillis on guitar and Patricia "Trish" Young on bass, and the fact that both of them sang is the whole point. Their voices wind around each other over chord changes that come fast and land in strange places, while Young's bass lines wander far beyond simply holding down the bottom end. It's a bright, restless sound, pretty and prickly at once.
Guitarists and drummers came and went (Robert Phelan and Stuart Eadie early on, then David Easton on guitar and Raphael Whittingham behind the kit), but Phillis and Young stayed at the center of it all. The 1991 EP Loot carried "4PM". They put out 4 albums and a pile of EPs and singles before breaking up in 1997, then reformed in 2011.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Clouds on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hieronymous | 1 | #33 | – | – | |
| 2 | 4PM | 1 | #67 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 33 | Hieronymous | Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1991) |
| 1991 | 67 | 4PM | Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1991) |
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