Artist · chart history
Diego Garcia
Solo artist Detroit United States singer, Elefant
Diego Garcia is an artist from Detroit. Diego Garcia has 16 chart appearances on 12 radio countdowns from 8 stations on RockLists, spanning 2011–2018. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “You Were Never There”, which appears on 8 lists with a best position of #2. The station that charted Diego Garcia most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2011.
Diego Garcia was born in Detroit to Argentine parents, grew up in Tampa and went to Brown University before he turned up in New York fronting the band Elefant. Going solo, he turned toward something softer and far more romantic.
His first solo album, Laura, arrived in April 2011, and his girlfriend Laura was its muse. His band leans on an Italian-born cellist and a guitarist with a Spanish touch, and "You Were Never There" is the song that carried him onto rock countdowns. Garcia names the young Julio Iglesias as his model, and listeners have heard shades of Leonard Cohen in the heartbroken crooning.
A second album, Paradise, followed on October 8, 2013.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Diego Garcia on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You Were Never There | 8 | #2 | – | 2011 | |
| 2 | Sunnier Days | 3 | #15 | – | 2013 | |
| 3 | All Eyes On You | 2 | #51 | – | 2011 | |
| 4 | Start With The End | 1 | #99 | – | 2013 | |
| 5 | Nothing To Hide | 1 | #78 | – | 2012 | |
| 6 | Laura | 1 | #89 | – | 2011 |
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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