Artist · chart history
Dizzee Rascal
Solo artist Bow United Kingdom
Dizzee Rascal is an artist from Bow. Dizzee Rascal has 7 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 2008–2022. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Bonkers”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #12. The station that charted Dizzee Rascal most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2009.
Dizzee Rascal, born Dylan Kwabena Mills in 1984 and raised in Bow, is the MC who did more than most to carry grime and UK rap into the mainstream. XL Recordings signed him in 2002, and the following year he dropped Boy in da Corner, a self-produced debut of jittery beats and wiry, rapid-fire rhymes that won the Mercury Prize in 2003 and went platinum. "Fix Up Look Sharp" is its swaggering centerpiece, all breakbeat boom and cocky bark.
Showtime and Maths + English kept the critics on side and both reached the UK top ten. Then Tongue n' Cheek, in 2009, took a sharp turn toward pop and the dancefloor, and it paid off with four UK number-one singles: "Dance wiv Me", "Bonkers", "Holiday" and "Dirtee Disco". "Bonkers" in particular is a gleeful, head-spinning rave-up that sounds like the club tilting sideways.
He kept moving after that, through The Fifth in 2013, back to grime with Raskit in 2017, and on to E3 AF and Don't Take It Personal. Along the way he has worked with everyone from Arctic Monkeys and Florence + The Machine to Calvin Harris, will.i.am and UGK, and he has been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Dizzee Rascal on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonkers | 2 | #12 | – | 2009 | |
| 2 | Fix Up Look Sharp | 2 | #92 | – | – | |
| 3 | Dance wiv Me | 1 | #17 | – | 2008 | |
| 4 | Holiday | 1 | #80 | – | 2009 | |
| 5 | Flex (Dave Spoon Reflex) | 1 | #96 | – | 2008 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Featured on
Songs by other artists credited with Dizzee Rascal as a guest.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 93 | Fix Up Look Sharp | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s |
| 2013 | 92 | Fix Up Look Sharp | BBC 6 Music 100 Best Tracks Of The Last 10 Years |
| 2009 | 15 | Bonkers | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2009 |
| 2009 | 12 | Bonkers | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2009 |
| 2009 | 80 | Holiday | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2009 |
| 2008 | 17 | Dance wiv Me | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 |
| 2008 | 96 | Flex (Dave Spoon Reflex) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 |
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