Artist · chart history
fun.
Band New York United States Formed 2008 American indie pop band
fun. formed in 2008 in New York, United States. fun. has 110 chart appearances on 67 radio countdowns from 35 stations on RockLists, spanning 2009–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “We Are Young”, which appears on 47 lists and was voted number one twice. In total the artist has topped 3 countdowns. The station that charted fun. most often is WBER (Rochester, NY), with 8 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2012.
fun. was a New York trio built from the parts of other bands: singer Nate Ruess from the Format, multi-instrumentalist Andrew Dost from Anathallo, and Jack Antonoff, from Steel Train and later Bleachers, on guitar, piano and drums. They formed in 2008 and put out Aim and Ignite the next year to a modest reception, a warm-up for what came next.
Some Nights, in 2012, went big in every sense: stacked harmonies, marching drums, show-tune flourishes and Ruess's theatrical voice soaring over all of it, somewhere between indie pop and full baroque pomp. "We Are Young", with Janelle Monáe singing alongside Ruess, went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100. "Some Nights" and "Carry On" followed it into the top 20, and the album reached number 3 on the Billboard 200 while topping the alternative and rock album charts.
The Grammys handed them Best New Artist, and "We Are Young" won Song of the Year at the 55th ceremony. For one glorious year, a band with a lowercase name and a period in it sounded like the biggest thing going.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by fun. on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We Are Young | 47 | #1 | 2 | 2012 | |
| 2 | Some Nights | 31 | #2 | – | 2012 | |
| 3 | Carry On | 19 | #12 | – | 2012 | |
| 4 | We Are Young f/Janelle Monae | 4 | #5 | – | 2012 | |
| 5 | Walking the Dog | 2 | #4 | – | 2009 | |
| 6 | At Least I'm Not as Sad as I Used to Be | 2 | #12 | – | 2010 | |
| 7 | All The Pretty Girls | 2 | #1 | 1 | 2009 | |
| 8 | It Gets Better | 2 | #57 | – | 2012 | |
| 9 | Sight Of The Sun | 1 | #59 | – | 2013 |
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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