Artist · chart history
Deer Tick
Band Providence United States Formed 2004
Deer Tick formed in 2004 in Providence, United States. Deer Tick has 32 chart appearances on 31 radio countdowns from 18 stations on RockLists, spanning 2010–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Forgiving Ties”, which appears on 14 lists with a best position of #7. The station that charted Deer Tick most often is Lightning 100 (Nashville, TN), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2023.
Deer Tick came out of Providence, Rhode Island, in 2004, and the name has a story behind it: John J. McCauley found one of the bugs on his scalp during a summer hike in 2005 in Indiana's Morgan-Monroe State Forest, near Bloomington, the first he'd ever met despite years of camping as a kid. The band that grew up around his rasping voice settled into a lineup of McCauley, guitarist Ian O'Neil, bassist Christopher Ryan and drummer Dennis Ryan.
Their sound is barroom rock with folk, blues and country knocking around in the corners, though the band has always bristled at being filed under country. Divine Providence, in 2011, was a sloppy, beer-soaked party, with "Miss K" swaggering along on a shambling rock and roll groove. Negativity, in 2013, went darker and more reflective, and "The Dream's in the Ditch" carries its weariness with a soulful shrug. A decade later, Emotional Contracts, on Partisan Records, gave them "Forgiving Ties", warm and big-hearted.
Live, they are a jukebox with a hangover, tearing through songs by the Replacements, John Prine, Hank Williams, the Beastie Boys and Warren Zevon. They have even played whole shows as Deervana, a Nirvana tribute, including a September 2013 set marking the anniversary of In Utero.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Deer Tick on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forgiving Ties | 14 | #7 | – | 2023 | |
| 2 | Jumpstarting | 3 | #18 | – | 2017 | |
| 3 | The Dream's in the Ditch | 5 | #37 | – | 2013 | |
| 4 | Miss K | 3 | #18 | – | 2011 | |
| 5 | Hey! Yeah! | 2 | #44 | – | 2018 | |
| 6 | Let's All Go To The Bar | 2 | #61 | – | 2012 | |
| 7 | Mange | 1 | #45 | – | 2010 | |
| 8 | Dancing In The Dark | 1 | #569 | – | – | |
| 9 | Dream's in the Ditch | 1 | #76 | – | 2013 |
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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