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Concrete Blonde

Band Los Angeles United States Active 1982–2012

Concrete Blonde formed in 1982 in Los Angeles, United States and was active until 2012. Concrete Blonde has 223 chart appearances on 70 radio countdowns from 21 stations on RockLists, spanning 1989–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Joey”, which appears on 51 lists with a best position of #15. The station that charted Concrete Blonde most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 125 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1990.

223appearances

70countdowns

20songs charted

21stations

0#1 finishes

1989–2026years

Concrete Blonde came out of Hollywood in 1982, a Los Angeles band with a noir streak and a singer who could turn a lyric into a confession. That singer was Johnette Napolitano, and her voice, smoky, raw and dead serious, was the band's calling card from the self-titled 1986 debut on I.R.S. Records, which gave the world "Still in Hollywood" and "True". James Mankey stood alongside her, with Harry Rushakoff and Paul Thompson also in the lineup over the years.

Free in 1989 sharpened the attack with "God Is a Bullet" and "Happy Birthday", but Bloodletting in 1990 was the one. It's a dark, gothic, swooning record, all candlelight and heartache, and its top-20 single "Joey" broke them wide, a ballad Napolitano sings like she's holding someone up off the floor. The title track, "Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)", leaned all the way into the shadows, and "Caroline" gave the album one more ache.

Walking in London followed in 1992, with "Someday?", "It's a Man's World" and the title track, and Mexican Moon, with its title song, arrived in 1993. The original run ended in 1994. They reunited from 2001 to 2004 and again from 2010 to 2012, then called it a day for good. On the countdowns, "Joey" is still the song people remember, and it still sounds like 2 in the morning.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Concrete Blonde on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Joey	3,069	51	#15	–	1990
2	God is a Bullet	1,628	30	#45	–	1989
3	Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)	1,376	18	#87	–	–
4	Everybody Knows	1,257	19	#63	–	1990
5	Caroline	1,170	18	#291	–	–
6	Walking In London	464	9	#75	–	–
7	Happy Birthday	450	16	#96	–	1989
8	Someday?	435	12	#53	–	1992
9	Mexican Moon	402	10	#373	–	–
10	It's A Man's World	375	7	#890	–	–
11	Still In Hollywood	368	16	#157	–	–
12	Heal It Up	244	5	#72	–	1993
13	True	70	2	#777	–	–
14	Ghost of the Texas Ladies' Man	68	1	#34	–	1992
15	Roxy	64	1	#82	–	2002
16	Tonight	63	1	#83	–	2002
17	Ghost Of A Texas Ladies' Man	61	3	#518	–	–
18	Tomorrow Wendy	59	1	#45	–	1990
19	The Ship Song	58	1	#355	–	–
20	Dance Along The Edge	20	1	#677	–	–

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.

89 90 92 93 02

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2026	183	Joey	KXT 917 Song Countdown
2026	255	Joey	WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time
2026	518	Ghost Of A Texas Ladies' Man	KXT 917 Song Countdown
2026	340	Heal It Up	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound
2025	616	Heal It Up	The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs
2024	252	Joey	WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years
2024	63	Everybody Knows	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs
2024	242	Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)	The Best Opening Tracks of All Time
2024	355	The Ship Song	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs
2023	199	Joey	WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023
2023	178	Joey	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2023	466	God is a Bullet	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s
2023	603	Still In Hollywood	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s
2023	632	Walking In London	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2023	677	Dance Along The Edge	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s
2023	75	Walking In London	The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places
2023	157	Still In Hollywood	The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places
2023	373	Mexican Moon	The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places
2022	198	Heal It Up	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time
2022	483	Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time
2022	901	Mexican Moon	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time
2022	87	Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)	The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2022	291	Caroline	The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2022	453	Heal It Up	The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2022	516	Everybody Knows	The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2022	631	Mexican Moon	The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2021	237	Everybody Knows	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2021	432	Joey	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2021	621	Caroline	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2021	772	Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2014	461	Joey	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2014	564	Caroline	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2014	643	God is a Bullet	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2014	645	Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2014	757	Everybody Knows	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2014	1197	Happy Birthday	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013	458	Joey	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013	570	Caroline	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013	618	Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013	626	God is a Bullet	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013	743	Everybody Knows	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013	1136	Happy Birthday	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2012	346	Joey	WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown
2011	456	Joey	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011	553	Caroline	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011	607	Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011	613	God is a Bullet	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011	729	Everybody Knows	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011	1082	Happy Birthday	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011	1972	Still In Hollywood	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010	458	Joey	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010	539	Caroline	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010	585	Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010	592	God is a Bullet	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010	706	Everybody Knows	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010	1045	Happy Birthday	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010	1890	Still In Hollywood	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009	465	Joey	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	525	Caroline	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	567	Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	572	God is a Bullet	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	687	Everybody Knows	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	1007	Happy Birthday	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	1841	Still In Hollywood	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	247	Joey	WYEP 913 Essential Songs
2009	765	Ghost Of A Texas Ladies' Man	WYEP 913 Essential Songs
2008	461	Joey	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008	531	Caroline	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008	560	Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008	590	God is a Bullet	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008	669	Everybody Knows	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008	988	Happy Birthday	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008	1815	Still In Hollywood	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008	1988	Ghost Of A Texas Ladies' Man	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007	457	Joey	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007	559	Caroline	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007	578	Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007	626	God is a Bullet	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007	714	Everybody Knows	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007	1040	Happy Birthday	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007	1861	Still In Hollywood	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007	495	Joey	KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007)
2006	224	God is a Bullet	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006)
2006	451	Joey	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006)
2006	821	Artist ranking	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006)
2005	330	God is a Bullet	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005)
2005	454	Joey	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005)
2005	128	Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	411	Everybody Knows	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	426	God is a Bullet	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	634	Joey	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	787	Caroline	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	931	It's A Man's World	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	1018	Walking In London	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	1127	Mexican Moon	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	1323	Someday?	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	1450	Still In Hollywood	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	1663	Happy Birthday	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	877	Joey	99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2005	45	Joey	96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the 70s & 80s
2004	128	Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	411	Everybody Knows	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	422	God is a Bullet	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	635	Joey	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	786	Caroline	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	932	It's A Man's World	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	1018	Walking In London	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	1127	Mexican Moon	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	1323	Someday?	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	1452	Still In Hollywood	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	1665	Happy Birthday	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	336	God is a Bullet	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003)
2003	397	Joey	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003)
2003	128	Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	411	Everybody Knows	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	422	God is a Bullet	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	635	Joey	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	786	Caroline	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	932	It's A Man's World	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	1018	Walking In London	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	1127	Mexican Moon	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	1323	Someday?	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	1452	Still In Hollywood	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	1664	Happy Birthday	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	342	Joey	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	423	Caroline	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	629	God is a Bullet	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	777	True	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1220	Someday?	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1465	Still In Hollywood	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002	82 (tie)	Roxy	WBER Listener Countdown 2002
2002	83 (tie)	Tonight	WBER Listener Countdown 2002
2002	180	Joey	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002)
2002	314	God is a Bullet	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002)
2002	128	Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	411	Everybody Knows	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	422	God is a Bullet	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	635	Joey	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	786	Caroline	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	947	It's A Man's World	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	1033	Walking In London	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	1142	Mexican Moon	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	1338	Someday?	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	1469	Still In Hollywood	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	1678	Happy Birthday	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	608	Joey	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	946	Caroline	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	1107	Someday?	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	1836	True	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001	102	Joey	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)
2001	402	God is a Bullet	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)
2001	128	Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	411	Everybody Knows	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	422	God is a Bullet	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	635	Joey	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	786	Caroline	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	947	It's A Man's World	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	1033	Walking In London	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	1143	Mexican Moon	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	1339	Someday?	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	1471	Still In Hollywood	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	1686	Happy Birthday	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000	100	Joey	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)
2000	400	God is a Bullet	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)
2000	128	Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	411	Everybody Knows	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	422	God is a Bullet	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	671	Joey	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	783	Caroline	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	941	It's A Man's World	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	1033	Walking In London	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	1140	Mexican Moon	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	1339	Someday?	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	1468	Still In Hollywood	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	1686	Happy Birthday	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999	581	Joey	The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	105	Joey	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999)
1999	354	God is a Bullet	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999)
1999	132	Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	411	Everybody Knows	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	421	God is a Bullet	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	680	Joey	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	732	Caroline	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	890	It's A Man's World	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	982	Walking In London	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	1137	Mexican Moon	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	1339	Someday?	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	1468	Still In Hollywood	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	1686	Happy Birthday	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	297	Joey	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1999	600	God is a Bullet	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1996	392	Joey	Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996)
1996	142	Joey	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996)
1996	436	God is a Bullet	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996)
1995	373	Joey	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995)
1995	113	Joey	Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995)
1994	116	Joey	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994)
1994	442	Everybody Knows	Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994)
1994	157	Joey	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994)
1994	449	God is a Bullet	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994)
1993	72	Heal It Up	91X Top 91 Songs of 1993
1992	53	Someday?	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992
1992	53	Someday?	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1992
1992	86	Someday?	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1992
1992	34	Ghost of the Texas Ladies' Man	CFNY Top 102 Songs of 1992
1992	205	Joey	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992)
1992	259	Joey	Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992)
1991	225	Joey	Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991)
1991	178	Joey	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991)
1991	273	God is a Bullet	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991)
1991	469	Still In Hollywood	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991)
1991	948	Joey	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition)
1990	15	Joey	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990
1990	45	Tomorrow Wendy	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990
1990	79	Everybody Knows	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990
1990	18	Joey	91X Top 91 Songs of 1990
1990	20	Joey	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1990
1990	27	Joey	CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990
1990	76	God is a Bullet	Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1990)
1990	96	Happy Birthday	Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1990)
1989	45	God is a Bullet	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989
1989	105	Happy Birthday	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989
1989	47	God is a Bullet	91X Top 91 Songs of 1989

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