Artist · chart history
Eskimo Joe
Band Perth Australia Formed 1997
Eskimo Joe formed in 1997 in Perth, Australia. Eskimo Joe has 13 chart appearances on 7 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1998–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Black Fingernails, Red Wine”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #2. The station that charted Eskimo Joe most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 13 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2001.
Eskimo Joe formed in Western Australia in 1997, three friends splitting the jobs between them: Stuart MacLeod playing lead guitar, Joel Quartermain behind the drums and on guitar, Kavyen Temperley singing and playing bass. Early songs like "Sweater" and the self-titled 1999 EP, with "Turn Up Your Stereo" and "Ruby Wednesday", were scrappy, catchy guitar pop, and the debut album, Girl, arrived in 2001 with "Wake Up", "Planet Earth" and "Who Sold Her Out".
From there they grew up fast. A Song Is a City, in 2004, brought the brooding "From the Sea", and Black Fingernails, Red Wine, in 2006, went bigger still: the title track is a slow, dark swell of an anthem, all widescreen guitars and Temperley's aching voice. That album brought them 4 ARIA Music Awards from 9 nominations in a single year, on the way to 8 ARIAs all told. Michael de Grussa had joined by then.
Inshalla came out in May 2009, followed by Ghosts of the Past in 2011 and Wastelands in 2013.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Eskimo Joe on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Fingernails, Red Wine | 2 | #2 | – | 2006 | |
| 2 | From the Sea | 1 | #3 | – | 2004 | |
| 3 | Wake Up | 1 | #25 | – | 2001 | |
| 4 | Planet Earth | 1 | #31 | – | 2001 | |
| 5 | Older Than You | 1 | #32 | – | 2004 | |
| 6 | Sweater | 1 | #33 | – | 1998 | |
| 7 | Who Sold Her Out | 1 | #34 | – | 2001 | |
| 8 | Turn Up Your Stereo | 1 | #39 | – | 1999 | |
| 9 | Smoke | 1 | #62 | – | 2004 | |
| 10 | Foreign Land | 1 | #65 | – | 2009 | |
| 11 | New York | 1 | #95 | – | 2006 | |
| 12 | Ruby Wednesday | 1 | #99 | – | 1999 |
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.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | Black Fingernails, Red Wine | Triple J Hottest 100 of Australian Songs (2025) |
| 2009 | 65 | Foreign Land | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2009 |
| 2006 | 2 | Black Fingernails, Red Wine | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006 |
| 2006 | 95 | New York | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006 |
| 2004 | 3 | From the Sea | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004 |
| 2004 | 32 | Older Than You | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004 |
| 2004 | 62 | Smoke | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004 |
| 2001 | 25 | Wake Up | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001 |
| 2001 | 31 | Planet Earth | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001 |
| 2001 | 34 | Who Sold Her Out | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001 |
| 1999 | 39 | Turn Up Your Stereo | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999 |
| 1999 | 99 | Ruby Wednesday | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999 |
| 1998 | 33 | Sweater | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998 |
Comments
Log in or create a free account to join the conversation about Eskimo Joe.
No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.