Artist · chart history
Electric Guest
Band Los Angeles United States Formed 2011 United States indie pop band
Electric Guest formed in 2011 in Los Angeles, United States. Electric Guest has 17 chart appearances on 16 radio countdowns from 10 stations on RockLists, spanning 2012–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “This Head I Hold”, which appears on 14 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted Electric Guest most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2012.
Electric Guest is a Los Angeles duo formed in 2011 by Asa Taccone and Matthew "Cornbread" Compton, with Luke Top on bass and Reese Richardson on keyboards and guitar filling out the band on tour. Their debut album, Mondo, came out on Downtown Records on April 24, 2012.
It's indie pop with a soul singer's heart: loose, woozy grooves, falsetto hooks and a warm, slightly smoky production that makes the whole thing feel like a crate of old soul singles spun at a house party. "This Head I Hold" is the one that stuck, a head-nodding strut, with "Under The Gun" following it onto the countdowns.
They took their time after that, returning with Plural on February 17, 2017, and Kin on October 18, 2019.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Electric Guest on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This Head I Hold | 14 | #1 | 1 | 2012 | |
| 2 | Oh Devil | 1 | #38 | – | 2017 | |
| 3 | Under The Gun | 1 | #85 | – | 2012 | |
| 4 | Dollar | 1 | #87 | – | 2019 |
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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