Artist · chart history
Crx
Band United States Formed 2013
Crx formed in 2013 in the United States. Crx has 5 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 5 stations on RockLists, spanning 2016. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Ways To Fake It”, which appears on 5 lists with a best position of #21. The station that charted Crx most often is Lightning 100 (Nashville, TN), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2016.
CRX came together in Los Angeles in 2013, with Nick Valensi out front on lead vocals and guitar, and by the time the lineup settled it had Jon Safley on bass, Ralph Alexander on drums and Darian Zahedi on guitar, with Richie James Follin on guitar, keyboards and backing vocals in the early years and Brad Oberhofer later taking over keyboards. Valensi pitched the sound as power pop crossed with heavy metal, and he named The Cars, Cheap Trick and Elvis Costello as touchstones, which tells you where the hooks come from.
Signed to Columbia Records, they put out their debut, New Skin, on October 28, 2016, preceded on September 7 by its first single, "Ways to Fake It", which went out through Vevo and Spotify. It's a record with sharp edges and big, bright choruses, and "Ways to Fake It" was the one rock radio grabbed.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Crx on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ways To Fake It | 5 | #21 | – | 2016 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 54 | Ways To Fake It | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2016 |
| 2016 | 88 | Ways To Fake It | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2016 |
| 2016 | 21 | Ways To Fake It | Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2016 |
| 2016 | 46 | Ways To Fake It | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2016 |
| 2016 | 76 | Ways To Fake It | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2016 |
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