Artist · chart history
Duke Spirit
Band London United Kingdom Formed 2003
Duke Spirit formed in 2003 in London, United Kingdom. Duke Spirit has 14 chart appearances on 14 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 2008–2018. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “The Step And The Walk”, which appears on 9 lists with a best position of #21. The station that charted Duke Spirit most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2009.
The Duke Spirit came together in London in 2003 and make rock that swaggers and shimmers at the same time. Their sound has been traced back to the drone and noise of the Jesus and Mary Chain and Spiritualized, the jittery rock'n'roll of the Gun Club and the Patti Smith Group, and the rhythmic pull of Atlantic soul and Motown, and you can hear all of it in Liela Moss's voice, which can purr and howl in the same breath.
Neptune, from 2008, is where they sounded most like a gang: "The Step And The Walk" struts over a fuzzed-out garage groove, big and brooding. The Kusama EP in 2010 added "Everybody's Under Your Spell", as hypnotic as its title promises.
Moss, Toby Butler, Olly Betts, Luke Ford, Dan Higgins and Marc Sallis make up the band, which now splits its time between the UK and Australia. Moss has cut solo records and teams up with Butler in the electro-rock duo Roman Remains, while drummer Betts has built a name for himself as a producer.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Duke Spirit on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Step And The Walk | 9 | #21 | – | 2009 | |
| 2 | Everybody's Under Your Spell | 2 | #81 | – | 2011 | |
| 3 | Love Is An Unfamiliar Name | 1 | #722 | – | – | |
| 4 | Into The Fold | 1 | #84 | – | 2010 | |
| 5 | My Sunken Treasure | 1 | #96 | – | 2009 |
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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