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Edwyn Collins

Solo artist Edinburgh United Kingdom

Edwyn Collins is an artist from Edinburgh. Edwyn Collins has 38 chart appearances on 38 radio countdowns from 16 stations on RockLists, spanning 1988–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “A Girl Like You”, which appears on 36 lists with a best position of #26. The station that charted Edwyn Collins most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 14 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1995.

38appearances
38countdowns
3songs charted
16stations
0#1 finishes
1988–2025years

Songs by Edwyn Collins on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 A Girl Like You
1,694		 36 #26 – 1995
2 50 Shades Of Blue
17		 1 #89 – 1989
3 My Beloved Girl
8		 1 #463 – –

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.

89 95

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2025 72 A Girl Like You Absolute Radio 100 Ultimate Britpop Anthems
2023 537 A Girl Like You The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2014 138 A Girl Like You CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013 140 A Girl Like You CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011 143 A Girl Like You CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010 146 A Girl Like You CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009 495 A Girl Like You Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009)
2009 157 A Girl Like You CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008 168 A Girl Like You CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007 217 A Girl Like You CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 296 A Girl Like You KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007)
2006 341 A Girl Like You KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 217 A Girl Like You Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)
2005 1335 A Girl Like You CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 49 A Girl Like You Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of the '90s (August 2005)
2004 374 A Girl Like You The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004)
2004 1335 A Girl Like You CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004 455 A Girl Like You Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003 1335 A Girl Like You CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002 1350 A Girl Like You CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 961 A Girl Like You Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001 1351 A Girl Like You CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 220 A Girl Like You Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 393 A Girl Like You WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001)
2000 493 A Girl Like You WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)
2000 1349 A Girl Like You CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999 635 A Girl Like You Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 1349 A Girl Like You CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 1001 A Girl Like You CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1999 384 A Girl Like You WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)
1995 50 A Girl Like You KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1995
1995 57 A Girl Like You 91X Top 91 Songs of 1995
1995 49 A Girl Like You Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995
1995 45 A Girl Like You WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995
1995 26 A Girl Like You Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995
1995 41 A Girl Like You WDRE Top 103.9 Songs of 1995
1989 89 50 Shades Of Blue Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989
1988 463 My Beloved Girl Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988)