Artist · chart history
Dirty Heads
Band Huntington Beach United States Formed 1996
Dirty Heads formed in 1996 in Huntington Beach, United States. Dirty Heads has 132 chart appearances on 101 radio countdowns from 39 stations on RockLists, spanning 2008–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Lay Me Down”, which appears on 46 lists and was voted number one seven times. In total the artist has topped 7 countdowns. The station that charted Dirty Heads most often is The Buzz (Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC), with 21 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2010.
Dirty Heads got going in Huntington Beach, California, in 1996, with Jared "Dirty J" Watson and Dustin "Duddy B" Bushnell trading lead vocals and Bushnell on guitar too. It's Orange County beach music with a wide-open ear: reggae rock at the core, laced with hip-hop cadences, ska bounce and campfire acoustic strumming. By 2003 they'd filled out into a full band, with David Foral on bass, Shawn Hagood on keys, Matt Ochoa on drums, Jon Olazabal on percussion and DJ Rocky Rock on the turntables.
Their debut album, Any Port in a Storm, landed in September 2008 through Executive Music Group, and "Lay Me Down", from that same year, is the song rock radio's countdowns have embraced most. They've run with kindred spirits like Sublime with Rome, 311 and Pepper, and toured alongside Cobra Starship, Aer and Gym Class Heroes. Cabin by the Sea in 2012, Sound of Change in 2014, a self-titled record in 2016 and Swim Team in 2017 kept the sunburned groove rolling, and they were still at it in 2026 with 7 Seas on Better Noise Music.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Dirty Heads on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lay Me Down | 46 | #1 | 7 | 2010 | |
| 2 | Spread Too Thin | 12 | #6 | – | 2012 | |
| 3 | My Sweet Summer | 9 | #9 | – | 2014 | |
| 4 | Stand Tall | 14 | #17 | – | 2010 | |
| 5 | Rescue Me | 5 | #7 | – | 2023 | |
| 6 | Cabin by the Sea | 5 | #22 | – | 2013 | |
| 7 | Lay Me Down f/Rome | 3 | #4 | – | 2010 | |
| 8 | Vacation | 3 | #21 | – | 2017 | |
| 9 | Dance All Night | 6 | #24 | – | 2012 | |
| 10 | That's All I Need | 4 | #11 | – | 2016 | |
| 11 | Sound Of Change | 5 | #37 | – | 2015 | |
| 12 | Life's Been Good | 2 | #10 | – | 2022 | |
| 13 | Oxygen | 3 | #61 | – | 2016 | |
| 14 | Believe | 5 | #70 | – | 2011 | |
| 15 | Visions | 2 | #29 | – | 2018 | |
| 16 | Celebrate | 2 | #43 | – | 2018 | |
| 17 | Rage | 2 | #40 | – | 2021 | |
| 18 | Lay Me Day f/Rome | 1 | #41 | – | 2010 | |
| 19 | Dance All Night f/Matisyahu | 1 | #46 | – | 2012 | |
| 20 | End Of The World | 1 | #78 | – | 2015 | |
| 21 | Check The Level | 1 | #45 | – | 2010 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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Songs by other artists credited with Dirty Heads as a guest.
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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