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Elastica

Band London United Kingdom Active 1992–2001 Britpop band

Elastica formed in 1992 in London, United Kingdom and was active until 2001. Elastica has 65 chart appearances on 51 radio countdowns from 18 stations on RockLists, spanning 1993–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Connection”, which appears on 43 lists with a best position of #4. The station that charted Elastica most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 14 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1995.

65appearances
51countdowns
7songs charted
18stations
0#1 finishes
1993–2025years

Songs by Elastica on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Connection
2,243		 43 #4 – 1995
2 Stutter
496		 15 #14 – 1995
3 How He Wrote Elastica Man
90		 1 #6 – 1999
4 Waking Up
88		 1 #7 – 1994
5 All Nighter
62		 1 #20 – 1995
6 Car Song
52		 1 #966 – –
7 Line Up
26		 2 #42 – 1994

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.

93 94 95 99

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2025 18 Connection Absolute Radio 100 Ultimate Britpop Anthems
2024 680 Line Up The Best Opening Tracks of All Time
2023 242 Connection The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2023 476 Stutter The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2019 625 Stutter KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time
2014 574 Connection CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013 567 Connection CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011 560 Connection CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010 544 Connection CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009 533 Connection CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008 536 Connection CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007 536 Connection CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 403 Connection KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007)
2007 472 Stutter KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007)
2006 145 Connection Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 298 Connection WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006)
2005 325 Connection WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005)
2005 1358 Connection CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 104 Connection Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of the '90s (August 2005)
2004 181 Connection The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004)
2004 1360 Connection CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003 333 Connection WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003)
2003 1360 Connection CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002 303 Connection WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002)
2002 1374 Connection CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 966 Car Song Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 1062 Connection Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 1692 Stutter Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001 315 Connection WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)
2001 1375 Connection CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 466 Connection WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001)
2000 315 Connection WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)
2000 1373 Connection CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999 6 How He Wrote Elastica Man John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1999
1999 353 Connection 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999)
1999 298 Connection Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 578 Stutter Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 351 Connection WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999)
1999 315 Connection The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 865 Stutter The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 429 Connection WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999)
1999 1373 Connection CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 769 Stutter CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1999 253 Stutter KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999)
1999 127 Connection WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)
1997 104 Artist ranking KROQ Top 106.7 Artists of All-Time (Memorial Day 1997)
1995 14 Stutter KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1995
1995 35 Connection KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1995
1995 48 Stutter 91X Top 91 Songs of 1995
1995 56 Connection 91X Top 91 Songs of 1995
1995 8 Connection Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1995
1995 25 Connection Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995
1995 62 Stutter Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995
1995 7 Connection WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995
1995 40 Stutter WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995
1995 20 All Nighter John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1995
1995 11 Connection Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995
1995 55 Stutter Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995
1995 32 Connection WDRE Top 103.9 Songs of 1995
1995 86 Stutter WDRE Top 103.9 Songs of 1995
1995 94 Connection Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995)
1994 4 Connection John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1994
1994 7 Waking Up John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1994
1994 42 Line Up John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1994
1993 38 Stutter John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1993