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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 83 chart appearances on 64 radio countdowns from 25 stations on RockLists, spanning 1993–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Connection”, which appears on 55 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.

83appearances
64countdowns
7songs charted
25stations
0#1 finishes
1993–2026years

Elastica were born in London in 1992, when Justine Frischmann and drummer Justin Welch walked out of Suede and started something leaner and meaner. Frischmann sang and played guitar with a deadpan cool that made every line sound like a dare, and the band pared its songs down to wiry, jerky bursts that owed plenty to punk, post-punk and new wave. The lineup around them kept changing, with Annie Holland and Donna Matthews among the players who came and went.

"Stutter" came out in November 1993 and took off, the next 3 singles all reached the UK Top 20, and the self-titled debut in 1995 broke the record for the fastest-selling first album in Britain. "Connection", "Waking Up", "Car Song" and "Line Up" were short, sharp and sly, and "Connection" became their biggest hit in America too. They were up for the Brit Award for British Breakthrough Act in 1996, but the sound also brought claims that they had lifted from other bands, and those disputes ended in out-of-court settlements.

Then it all stalled. Arguments, lineup changes and Frischmann's heroin addiction kept the follow-up in limbo for years, with the 6 Track EP and "How He Wrote Elastica Man" appearing in 1999 and The Menace, to a cooler reception, in 2000. Unable to come up with a third album, they called it a day, amicably, in October 2001.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Elastica on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Connection
2,774		 55 #4 – 1995
2 Stutter
579		 19 #14 – 1995
3 Car Song
179		 3 #36 – 1995
4 How He Wrote Elastica Man
90		 1 #6 – 1999
5 Waking Up
88		 1 #7 – 1994
6 All Nighter
62		 1 #20 – 1995
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
2026 824 Connection The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound
2025 18 Connection Absolute Radio 100 Ultimate Britpop Anthems
2024 680 Line Up The Best Opening Tracks of All Time
2023 206 Connection 105.9 The X July 420 (2023)
2023 901 Connection 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs 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
2022 240 Connection 105.9 The X July 420 (2022)
2022 334 Connection The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time
2022 143 Connection The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2022 508 Stutter The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2021 240 Connection 105.9 The X July 420 (2021)
2021 128 Connection 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2021 350 Car Song 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2021 736 Stutter 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2020 316 Connection 105.9 The X July 420 (2020)
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 681 Connection 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (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 36 Car Song The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95
1995 43 Connection WBER Listener Countdown 1995
1995 44 Connection WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 1995
1995 90 Stutter The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95
1995 98 Stutter WMRQ Top 104 Songs 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

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