Artist · chart history
Firewater
Band New York United States Formed 1995 US world punk band by Tod A.
Firewater formed in 1995 in New York, United States. Firewater has 4 chart appearances on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 2008–2010. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Borneo”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #47. The station that charted Firewater most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2008.
Firewater rose out of the ashes of Cop Shoot Cop, when Tod A. put a new band together in New York City in 1995, and from the start it sounded like a wedding band hired by pirates. He called it world punk: punk rock's drive shot through with cabaret, ska, jazz and folk, and above all the reeling rush of klezmer and Gypsy music, which is how Firewater ended up filed under Gypsy punk.
Around Tod A. the band has drawn in a big cast of players, Duane Denison, Hahn Rowe, Paul Wallfisch, Ori Kaplan and Yuval Gabay among them, with Bloodshot Records putting out their music. The Golden Hour, in 2008, is the record that brought "Borneo" to rock radio's countdowns. By 2012 there were seven studio albums, and the band had found its warmest welcome in Europe and on American college radio.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Firewater on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borneo | 3 | #47 | – | 2008 | |
| 2 | Electric City | 1 | #48 | – | 2008 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 743 | Borneo | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) |
| 2009 | 347 | Borneo | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) |
| 2008 | 47 | Borneo | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2008 |
| 2008 | 48 | Electric City | KSLG Top 94 of 2008 |
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