Artist · chart history
Default
Band Vancouver Formed 1999 Vancouver, Canada grunge
Default formed in 1999 in Vancouver. Default has 64 chart appearances on 53 radio countdowns from 29 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Wasting My Time”, which appears on 30 lists with a best position of #7. The station that charted Default most often is 89X (Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2002.
Default came together in Vancouver in 1999, four guys with a taste for the heavy, brooding post-grunge that was all over rock radio at the turn of the millennium: Dallas Smith singing and playing guitar, Jeremy James Hora on guitar, Dave Benedict on bass and Danny Craig on drums. The Fallout, their 2001 debut on TVT, did the job fast. "Wasting My Time", a slow-burning, sore-hearted ballad that swells into a big, bruised chorus, gave them a brief run at the mainstream in the States, and "Deny" kept the momentum going. Back home the Junos named them Breakthrough Group of the Year in 2002.
Canada stayed their stronghold. Elocation followed in 2003 with "Taking My Life Away", and One Thing Remains in 2005 with "Count on Me", sturdy, chest-out records built for arenas and car stereos alike. All told they made 4 albums and sold over a million records.
After the fourth came a hiatus, and in 2013 they called it quits while Smith went off to chase a solo career in country music. The four of them got back together in 2018 for a tour opening for Stone Temple Pilots and Seether, though no new music has followed.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Default on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wasting My Time | 30 | #7 | – | 2002 | |
| 2 | Deny | 10 | #17 | – | 2002 | |
| 3 | Taking My Life Away | 9 | #17 | – | 2003 | |
| 4 | Count On Me | 6 | #24 | – | 2005 | |
| 5 | All Over Me | 2 | #34 | – | 2010 | |
| 6 | I Can't Win | 1 | #34 | – | 2006 | |
| 7 | Throw It All Away | 1 | #47 | – | 2004 | |
| 8 | Live a Lie | 2 | #77 | – | 2002 | |
| 9 | Sick And Tired | 1 | #74 | – | 2003 | |
| 10 | Wasting My Life | 1 | #793 | – | – | |
| 11 | Turn It On | 1 | #74 | – | 2010 |
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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