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Deacon Blue

Band Glasgow United Kingdom Formed 1985

Deacon Blue formed in 1985 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Deacon Blue has 6 chart appearances on 4 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2001–2006. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Dignity”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #297. The station that charted Deacon Blue most often is Virgin Radio (United Kingdom), with 6 appearances.

6appearances

4countdowns

2songs charted

1stations

0#1 finishes

2001–2006years

Deacon Blue came out of Glasgow in 1985 with big hearts and bigger choruses. Ricky Ross sang and played piano, Lorraine McIntosh added her voice to his, James Prime played keyboards, Graeme Kelling played guitar, and Ewen Vernal and Dougie Vipond completed the band. Their debut, Raintown, landed in 1987 to strong reviews and healthy sales, and "Dignity" was its big, warm-hearted singalong.

When the World Knows Your Name followed in 1989 and went to number one in the UK for two weeks, and "Real Gone Kid", a whooping rush of joy, gave them their first British top ten single and a number one in Spain. Fellow Hoodlums and Whatever You Say, Say Nothing came next, before the band split in 1994.

Five years later a reunion gig led to Walking Back Home, and Homesick in 2001 was the last album with Kelling, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2004. Deacon Blue came back again with The Hipsters in 2012 and have kept at it since, through A New House, Believers, City of Love and Riding on the Tide of Love, with "Late '88" leading them into The Great Western Road in 2025.

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

Songs by Deacon Blue on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Dignity	92	3	#297	–	–
2	Real Gone Kid	88	3	#226	–	–

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2006	297	Dignity	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006)
2006	498	Real Gone Kid	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006)
2005	404	Dignity	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004	341	Real Gone Kid	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2001	226	Real Gone Kid	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	341	Dignity	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)

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