Artist · chart history
Foals
Band Oxford United Kingdom Formed 2005 British rock band
Foals formed in 2005 in Oxford, United Kingdom. Foals has 98 chart appearances on 80 radio countdowns from 32 stations on RockLists, spanning 2009–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Mountain At My Gates”, which appears on 24 lists with a best position of #4. The station that charted Foals most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 11 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2013.
Foals formed in Oxford in 2005, and from the start they played like a band that had studied math rock and then decided the dancefloor mattered more. Yannis Philippakis, the Greek-born singer and guitarist, writes in tight, nervy loops; Jack Bevan's drums lock everything into a groove; Jimmy Smith fills the gaps on guitar and keys. After Antidotes, Total Life Forever slowed the pulse and let the songs breathe, with "Spanish Sahara" swelling from a whisper into a tidal wave.
Holy Fire, in 2013, was where the funk and the fury finally met: "Inhaler" crunches like a wrecking ball and "My Number" wriggles like prime dance-punk. Producers Alan Moulder and Flood picked up UK Producer of the Year for their work on it, and the band took best live act at the Q Awards the same year. What Went Down pushed the heaviness further still, its title track and "Mountain at My Gates" all churning riffs and wide-open skies.
The two-part Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost followed in 2019, and Part 2, with "The Runner", gave them their first album to top the UK chart. Life Is Yours brought the party back in 2022. Their records have come out on Transgressive, Sub Pop and Warner, and the road has taken them to Glastonbury, Coachella and Roskilde.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Foals on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mountain At My Gates | 24 | #4 | – | 2015 | |
| 2 | My Number | 10 | #5 | – | 2013 | |
| 3 | Exits | 9 | #13 | – | 2019 | |
| 4 | 2AM | 6 | #14 | – | 2022 | |
| 5 | Inhaler | 11 | #46 | – | 2013 | |
| 6 | Wake Me Up | 11 | #7 | – | 2021 | |
| 7 | What Went Down | 5 | #22 | – | 2016 | |
| 8 | The Runner | 6 | #33 | – | 2019 | |
| 9 | Spanish Sahara | 6 | #41 | – | 2011 | |
| 10 | Total Life Forever | 4 | #43 | – | 2010 | |
| 11 | 2:00 AM | 1 | #42 | – | 2022 | |
| 12 | In Degrees | 2 | #92 | – | 2019 | |
| 13 | Red Socks Pugie | 1 | #57 | – | 2009 | |
| 14 | The Sound | 1 | #64 | – | 2022 | |
| 15 | This Orient | 1 | #69 | – | 2010 |
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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