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Five for Fighting
Solo artist Los Angeles United States
Five for Fighting is an artist from Los Angeles. Five for Fighting has 11 chart appearances on 11 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “100 Years”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #289. The station that charted Five for Fighting most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 6 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2001.
Five for Fighting is the name John Ondrasik, a Los Angeles singer, songwriter and pianist born in 1965, puts on his piano-driven soft rock. His album America Town, in 2000, carried "Superman (It's Not Easy)", a gentle, fragile ballad that went top 40 and earned a Grammy nomination in 2002.
"100 Years" was the next big one, another hushed piano confessional with a chorus built to linger, and "The Riddle" made it three top 40 hits in 2006. "World" and "Chances" kept him on adult contemporary playlists toward the end of the decade.
Ondrasik has made six studio albums under the name, plus an EP and several live records, and his songs have turned up in some 350 films, TV shows and ads. The quiet approach has paid off: as of 2025, his music had passed one billion streams.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Five for Fighting on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 Years | 4 | #289 | – | – | |
| 2 | Superman (It's Not Easy) | 5 | #15 | – | 2001 | |
| 3 | Chances | 1 | #75 | – | 2009 |
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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