Artist · chart history
Givers
Band Lafayette United States Formed 2009
Givers formed in 2009 in Lafayette, United States. Givers has 9 chart appearances on 9 radio countdowns from 8 stations on RockLists, spanning 2010–2018. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Up Up Up”, which appears on 6 lists with a best position of #49. The station that charted Givers most often is WTMD (Baltimore, MD), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2011.
Givers are an indie pop band from Lafayette, Louisiana, and their story starts with a storm: Hurricane Katrina in 2005 chased Tiffany Lamson and Taylor Guarisco out of their New Orleans apartment and away from school, back home to Lafayette with time on their hands. The two started playing together, pulled in a few more players right before a last-minute gig at a local pub, and the band was born out of that one loose, unplanned jam.
You can hear the jam in everything they do. Lamson sings and hammers on percussion, Guarisco sings and plays guitar, Josh LeBlanc switches between bass and guitar, and between them they'd already logged time in zydeco, jazz and Cajun bands, which is why their songs bounce and tumble instead of sitting still. The 2009 EP, GIVERS, carries "Up Up Up", a joyous pileup of chanted vocals and skittering rhythm.
A tour alongside Dirty Projectors followed, then a deal with Glassnote, and the debut album, In Light, landed in June 2011 to warm reviews.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Givers on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Up Up Up | 6 | #49 | – | 2011 | |
| 2 | Saw You First | 3 | #48 | – | 2011 |
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.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 723 | Saw You First | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 |
| 2011 | 93 | Up Up Up | WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2011 |
| 2011 | 62 | Up Up Up | CD101 Top 102 Songs of 2011 |
| 2011 | 48 | Saw You First | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2011 |
| 2011 | 49 | Up Up Up | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2011 |
| 2011 | 57 | Up Up Up | WEXT Top 97 of 2011 |
| 2011 | 81 | Saw You First | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2011 |
| 2011 | 100 | Up Up Up | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2011 |
| 2010 | 96 | Up Up Up | WFPK Top 100 Songs of 2010 |
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