Artist · chart history
Days of the New
Band Charlestown United States Formed 1995
Days of the New formed in 1995 in Charlestown, United States. Days of the New has 67 chart appearances on 53 radio countdowns from 28 stations on RockLists, spanning 1997–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Touch, Peel, and Stand”, which appears on 45 lists and was voted number one twice. In total the artist has topped 2 countdowns. The station that charted Days of the New most often is KISW (Seattle-Tacoma, WA), with 9 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1998.
Days of the New started as one teenager's acoustic project: Travis Meeks, in Charlestown, Indiana, in 1995, and it soon grew a band around it. The group later moved its base to Louisville, Kentucky, and for the 1997 debut Meeks was joined by Jesse Vest, Todd Whitener and Matt Taul. That album, self-titled like the two that followed and nicknamed the Yellow or Orange album, was post-grunge with the brooding turned way up.
"Touch, Peel and Stand" was the breakthrough, a coiled, hypnotic grind with Meeks' voice sounding like it came up from a well, and it was a big hit; Billboard later named it the greatest Mainstream Rock song of all time. "The Down Town" and "Shelf in the Room" followed it up. Then the band splintered: Vest, Whitener and Taul went off and started Tantric.
Meeks carried on with a rotating cast. The 1999 album, known as the Green album, featured Nicole Scherzinger, years before her Pussycat Dolls fame, and "Enemy" became another hit. A third album, the Red one, came out in 2001. Over the years the ranks also took in drummer Ray Rizzo and bassists Mike Starr of Alice in Chains and Charlie Colin of Train.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Days of the New on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Touch, Peel, and Stand | 45 | #1 | 2 | 1997 | |
| 2 | Shelf in the Room | 7 | #40 | – | 1998 | |
| 3 | The Down Town | 7 | #24 | – | 1998 | |
| 4 | Enemy | 5 | #60 | – | 1999 | |
| 5 | Touch, Peel, Stand | 1 | #213 | – | – | |
| 6 | Hang on to This | 1 | #64 | – | 2001 | |
| 7 | Weapon and the Wound | 1 | #68 | – | 2000 |
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.
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