Artist · chart history
Finger Eleven
Band Burlington Canada Formed 1996
Finger Eleven formed in 1996 in Burlington, Canada. Finger Eleven has 107 chart appearances on 82 radio countdowns from 39 stations on RockLists, spanning 1999–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Paralyzer”, which appears on 32 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted Finger Eleven most often is CFNY 102.1 The Edge (Toronto, ON), with 28 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2004.
Finger Eleven came out of Burlington, Ontario, and they started life under a much sillier name, Rainbow Butt Monkeys, before growing into one of Canada's steadiest hard rock bands. The lineup that carried them to the big time was Scott Anderson, James Black, Rick Jackett, Sean Anderson and drummer Rich Beddoe, and their early records, Tip and The Greyest of Blue Skies, traded in the brooding, grinding post-grunge of the day; the second, with "First Time" and "Drag You Down", was the one that got them noticed.
The self-titled album in 2003 opened things up. "One Thing" was a slow-burning, big-hearted ballad that gave them their first placing on the US Hot 100, "Thousand Mile Wish" and "Stay in Shadow" kept the radio busy, and the record went gold in the States and platinum at home. Then came the curveball: Them vs. You vs. Me, in 2007, and "Paralyzer", a strutting, disco-hipped riff that went all the way to the top in Canada, ruled the American rock charts too, and climbed to number 6 on the US Hot 100. The album won the Juno for Rock Album of the Year.
Life Turns Electric followed in 2010, with "Living in a Dream", and Five Crooked Lines in 2015, the band still hunting for a hook that moves the hips as well as the head.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Finger Eleven on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paralyzer | 32 | #1 | 1 | 2007 | |
| 2 | One Thing | 29 | #11 | – | 2004 | |
| 3 | Living in a Dream | 13 | #11 | – | 2010 | |
| 4 | First Time | 5 | #16 | – | 2001 | |
| 5 | Above | 3 | #49 | – | – | |
| 6 | Falling On | 3 | #22 | – | 2007 | |
| 7 | Thousand Mile Wish | 2 | #8 | – | 2005 | |
| 8 | Talking to the Walls | 2 | #12 | – | 2008 | |
| 9 | Good Times | 4 | #84 | – | 2003 | |
| 10 | Stay In Shadow | 1 | #7 | – | 2004 | |
| 11 | Sad Exchange | 1 | #17 | – | 2003 | |
| 12 | Drag You Down | 1 | #40 | – | 2002 | |
| 13 | Absent Elements | 1 | #54 | – | 2004 | |
| 14 | Bones And Joints | 2 | #57 | – | 2001 | |
| 15 | I'll Keep Your Memory Vague | 3 | #76 | – | 2008 | |
| 16 | Whatever Doesn't Kill | 2 | #68 | – | 2011 | |
| 17 | Adrenaline | 1 | #83 | – | 2024 | |
| 18 | Quicksand | 1 | #84 | – | 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.
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