Artist · chart history
Eagles of Death Metal
Band Palm Desert United States Formed 1998
Eagles of Death Metal formed in 1998 in Palm Desert, United States. Eagles of Death Metal has 20 chart appearances on 18 radio countdowns from 8 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2022. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)”, which appears on 10 lists with a best position of #41. The station that charted Eagles of Death Metal most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 10 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2006.
Eagles of Death Metal are neither eagles nor death metal. The name is a joke, and so, in the best way, is a lot of the band: a greasy, shimmying garage rock outfit from Palm Desert, California, started in 1998 by singer and guitarist Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme on drums. Homme once described the sound as bluegrass slide guitar over the kind of beat you'd hear in a strip club with Canned Heat on vocals, and that is about as good a summary as anyone has managed.
Hughes and Homme are the only permanent members, and since Homme is usually busy with Queens of the Stone Age, the live band is Hughes and a rotating cast. Hughes more than holds the stage on his own, working a crowd with the zeal of a revival preacher.
Death by Sexy, in 2006, is the band at its most fun: "I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)" is a hip-shaking, handclapping boogie, and "I Gotta Feeling (Just Nineteen)" keeps the party going. Heart On, in 2008, brought the swaggering "Wannabe in LA" and "Anything 'cept the Truth", and Zipper Down, in 2015, carried "Save A Prayer".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Eagles of Death Metal on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News) | 10 | #41 | – | 2006 | |
| 2 | Wannabe in LA | 4 | #18 | – | 2009 | |
| 3 | Anything 'cept the Truth | 2 | #56 | – | 2009 | |
| 4 | Save A Prayer | 2 | #43 | – | 2015 | |
| 5 | I Only Want You | 1 | #560 | – | – | |
| 6 | I Gotta Feeling (Just Nineteen) | 1 | #2001 | – | – |
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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