Artist · chart history
Dave Gahan
Solo artist North Weald Bassett United Kingdom
Dave Gahan is an artist from North Weald Bassett. Dave Gahan has 4 chart appearances on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 2003–2007. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Dirty Sticky Floors”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #48. The station that charted Dave Gahan most often is Channel 104.9 (San Jose, CA), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2003.
Dave Gahan, born David Callcott in 1962 in North Weald Bassett, has been the voice and the swagger of Depeche Mode since he co-founded the band in 1980, a baritone with a preacher's command of a stage. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted him with the band in 2020.
Paper Monsters, a 2003 solo album, sounds like a man stretching his legs away from the band. "Dirty Sticky Floors" is a grimy, strutting rocker, all fuzzed guitar and sleazy glamour, and it proves Gahan can prowl without the synthesizers holding him up. Hourglass followed in 2007, darker and more electronic, with "Kingdom" rising from brooding verses into a big, soaring chorus.
He has kept writing outside the mothership since, supplying lyrics and lead vocals to the Soulsavers albums The Light the Dead See in 2012, Angels & Ghosts in 2015 and Imposter in 2021.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Dave Gahan on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dirty Sticky Floors | 2 | #48 | – | 2003 | |
| 2 | Kingdom | 2 | #95 | – | 2007 |
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.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 98 | Kingdom | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 95 | Kingdom | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2007 |
| 2003 | 90 | Dirty Sticky Floors | CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2003 |
| 2003 | 48 | Dirty Sticky Floors | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003 |
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