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Frank Black & The Catholics

Band United States Active 1997–2003

Frank Black & The Catholics formed in 1997 in the United States and was active until 2003. Frank Black & The Catholics has 17 chart appearances on 17 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Bullet”, which appears on 15 lists with a best position of #7. The station that charted Frank Black & The Catholics most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 15 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2002.

17appearances

17countdowns

3songs charted

3stations

0#1 finishes

2001–2024years

Frank Black & the Catholics were the band the Pixies' frontman built for himself after that group fell apart in 1993, and they ran from 1997 to 2003 with Scott Boutier, Eric Drew Feldman, Rich Gilbert, David McCaffrey and Dave Philips, plus Joey Santiago dropping in. Black had long since traded the Pixies-era scream for a steadier, more tuneful croon, and the Catholics gave that voice a sturdy, no-nonsense band to lean on.

Their secret weapon was method, not volume: Black had a strong taste for cutting records live to two-track, the whole band playing at once with no overdubs to hide behind. The results sound loose, warm and a little dangerous, like a great band caught on a good night. Dog in the Sand, in 2000, is the sweet spot, and "Bullet" is its keeper, a lean, wiry rocker that snaps along on crisp guitars and Black's steady, melodic sneer.

His lyrics stayed as cryptic as ever, wandering through surrealism, UFOs, science fiction, surf culture and biblical violence, and the Catholics wound down in 2003, a year before the Pixies regrouped.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Frank Black & The Catholics on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Bullet	276	15	#7	–	2001
2	Out Of State	58	1	#96	–	2002
3	I Will Run After You	29	1	#745	–	–

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

2000Dog in the Sand1 charting song

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

01 02 05

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2024	745	I Will Run After You	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century
2014	2001	Bullet	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013	1930	Bullet	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011	1867	Bullet	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010	1793	Bullet	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009	1752	Bullet	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008	1798	Bullet	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007	1839	Bullet	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2005	76	Bullet	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005
2005	1704	Bullet	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004	1720	Bullet	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	1720	Bullet	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002	49	Bullet	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002
2002	96 (tie)	Out Of State	WBER Listener Countdown 2002
2002	1946	Bullet	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2001	7	Bullet	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001
2001	1963	Bullet	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)

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