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Dashboard Confessional

Band Boca Raton United States Formed 1999 US | emo/pop-rock

Dashboard Confessional formed in 1999 in Boca Raton, United States. Dashboard Confessional has 109 chart appearances on 93 radio countdowns from 32 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Vindicated”, which appears on 27 lists with a best position of #4. The station that charted Dashboard Confessional most often is WBER (Rochester, NY), with 9 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2004.

109appearances
93countdowns
13songs charted
32stations
0#1 finishes
2001–2024years

Dashboard Confessional began in Boca Raton, Florida, in 1999 as the vehicle for singer Chris Carrabba, and even the name came out of his own songbook, lifted from "The Sharp Hint of New Tears" on the debut, The Swiss Army Romance, in 2000. "Screaming Infidelities" set the template: raw acoustic strumming, a voice that cracks at exactly the right moment, and confessions of the kind most people keep in a locked diary.

The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most followed in 2001 with "Saints And Sailors" and "The Best Deceptions", and the So Impossible EP the same year carried "Hands Down", a giddy, lovestruck rush that captured the heart-on-sleeve emo of the moment better than almost anything else.

As the lineup filled out around Carrabba, with Mike Marsh on drums, Dan Bonebrake and later Scott Schoenbeck on bass, and John Lefler on guitar and piano, the sound got bigger and louder: A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar in 2003 with "Rapid Hope Loss", "Vindicated" in 2004, Dusk and Summer in 2006 with "Don't Wait", and The Shade of Poison Trees in 2007 with "Thick as Thieves". Crooked Shadows, with "We Fight", arrived in 2018.

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

Songs by Dashboard Confessional on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Vindicated
1,823		 27 #4 – 2004
2 Hands Down
1,486		 28 #6 – 2003
3 Screaming Infidelities
1,048		 25 #3 – 2002
4 Don't Wait
369		 10 #18 – 2006
5 We Fight
90		 3 #49 – 2018
6 Saints And Sailors
89		 2 #52 – 2002
7 Again I Go Unnoticed
86		 1 #32 – 2002
8 Rapid Hope Loss
63		 3 #66 – 2004
9 Stolen
56		 1 #40 – 2007
10 Thick as Thieves
29		 2 #82 – 2007
11 Rooftops And Invitations
20		 1 #128 – 2006
12 Don't Wait "82. Yellowcard - Rough Landing, Holly"
19		 1 #81 – 2006
13 The Best Deceptions
1		 1 #89 – 2001

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.

01 02 03 04 06 07 18

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2024 847 Screaming Infidelities The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century
2022 99 Vindicated X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time
2022 361 Hands Down 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s
2022 400 Screaming Infidelities 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s
2022 848 Vindicated 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s
2018 56 We Fight 91X Top 91 Songs of 2018
2018 54 We Fight The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2018
2018 49 We Fight X96 Top 50 Songs of 2018
2009 70 Hands Down WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 2009)
2008 1996 Screaming Infidelities CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007 85 Thick as Thieves The End Top 107 Songs of 2007
2007 40 Stolen 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2007
2007 82 Thick as Thieves 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2007
2007 2006 Screaming Infidelities CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 83 Artist ranking KROQ Top 106.7 Artists of All-Time (Memorial Day 2007)
2006 104 Don't Wait KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2006
2006 74 Don't Wait 91X Top 91 Songs of 2006
2006 82 Don't Wait Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2006
2006 43 Don't Wait WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2006
2006 37 Don't Wait The End Top 107 Songs of 2006
2006 58 Don't Wait 89X Top 89 Songs of 2006
2006 64 Don't Wait Y100 Top 88.5 Songs of 2006
2006 81 Don't Wait "82. Yellowcard - Rough Landing, Holly" The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2006
2006 18 Don't Wait 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2006
2006 96 (tie) Don't Wait WBER Listener Countdown 2006
2006 128 (tie) Rooftops And Invitations WBER Listener Countdown 2006
2006 86 Don't Wait Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2006
2006 105 Screaming Infidelities The End Top 107 Songs of the Millennium (December 2006)
2006 92 Artist ranking 91X Top 100 Artists of All-Time (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 624 Artist ranking WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006)
2005 1917 Hands Down CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 606 Screaming Infidelities 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2005 836 Vindicated 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2005 11 Vindicated 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium
2005 33 Hands Down 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium
2005 58 Screaming Infidelities 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium
2005 80 Rapid Hope Loss 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium
2005 80 Artist ranking KROQ Top 106.7 Biggest Bands of All-Time (July 2005)
2004 34 Vindicated KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2004
2004 44 Vindicated 91X Top 91 Songs of 2004
2004 52 Vindicated Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2004
2004 38 Vindicated Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004
2004 41 Vindicated WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2004
2004 22 Vindicated K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2004
2004 20 Vindicated WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004
2004 13 Vindicated 89X Top 89 Songs of 2004
2004 66 Rapid Hope Loss 89X Top 89 Songs of 2004
2004 44 Vindicated CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2004
2004 10 Vindicated Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2004
2004 18 Vindicated CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004
2004 49 Vindicated CHOI Top 98 Songs of 2004
2004 55 Vindicated The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2004
2004 43 Vindicated The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2004
2004 23 Vindicated Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2004
2004 33 Hands Down Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2004
2004 4 Vindicated X96 Top 50 Songs of 2004
2004 13 Vindicated 99X Essential 99 of 2004
2004 13 Vindicated WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004
2004 14 Vindicated G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2004
2004 19 Vindicated WBER Listener Countdown 2004
2004 24 Vindicated 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2004
2004 81 Hands Down 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2004
2004 187 (tie) Rapid Hope Loss WBER Listener Countdown 2004
2004 31 Vindicated Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2004
2004 82 Vindicated WIRS Top 107 Songs of 2004
2004 1929 Hands Down CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004 167 Hands Down Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004)
2004 289 Screaming Infidelities Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004)
2003 35 Hands Down KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003
2003 27 Hands Down 91X Top 91 Songs of 2003
2003 72 Hands Down Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003
2003 66 Hands Down Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003
2003 40 Hands Down WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003
2003 58 Hands Down K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2003
2003 20 Hands Down 89X Top 89 Songs of 2003
2003 24 Hands Down CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003
2003 15 Hands Down Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003
2003 41 Hands Down CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2003
2003 28 Hands Down The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2003
2003 33 Hands Down Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003
2003 6 Hands Down WBER Listener Countdown 2003
2003 9 Hands Down WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003
2003 21 Hands Down KDGE Top 102 Songs of 2003
2003 38 Hands Down 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 50 Songs of 2003
2003 42 Hands Down WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003
2003 70 Hands Down Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2003
2003 51 Hands Down Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003
2003 1929 Hands Down CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002 65 Screaming Infidelities KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002
2002 92 Screaming Infidelities Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002
2002 40 Screaming Infidelities Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002
2002 76 Screaming Infidelities WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002
2002 29 Screaming Infidelities The End Top 107 Songs of 2002
2002 41 Screaming Infidelities 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002
2002 33 Screaming Infidelities CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002
2002 45 Screaming Infidelities Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002
2002 12 Screaming Infidelities The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002
2002 88 Saints And Sailors The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002
2002 42 Screaming Infidelities Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002
2002 3 Screaming Infidelities WBER Listener Countdown 2002
2002 29 Screaming Infidelities WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002
2002 32 (tie) Again I Go Unnoticed WBER Listener Countdown 2002
2002 33 Screaming Infidelities 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 40 Songs of 2002
2002 52 (tie) Saints And Sailors WBER Listener Countdown 2002
2002 74 Screaming Infidelities Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002
2002 97 Screaming Infidelities WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002
2002 76 Screaming Infidelities Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002
2001 89 The Best Deceptions 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001
2001 26 Screaming Infidelities WBER Listener Countdown 2001

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