Artist · chart history
Gorki
Band Ghent Belgium Active 1989–2014 Belgian band
Gorki formed in 1989 in Ghent, Belgium and was active until 2014. Gorki has 38 chart appearances on 35 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1991–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Mia”, which appears on 33 lists and was voted number one four times. In total the artist has topped 4 countdowns. The station that charted Gorki most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 38 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1991.
Gorki came out of Ghent, Belgium, in 1989, still spelled Gorky, and from first to last they were built around Luc De Vos, the singer and guitarist at the heart of the band. The 1992 debut, Gorky, made with Geert Bonne on drums and Wout De Schutter on bass, held both of the songs they are best remembered for: the slow-burning "Mia", which Belgian radio listeners have never let go of, and "Lieve kleine piranha", which went to number one on De Afrekening, the alternative hitlist of Studio Brussel.
The lineup shifted around De Vos over the years, with Erik Van Biesen on bass from 1993, Luc Heyvaerts adding keyboards and clarinet from 1996, and a run of guitarists and drummers passing through, and they went on topping De Afrekening with "Schaduw in de schemering", from Plan B, and "Joerie" in 2006. The pop rock stayed warm and a little melancholy to the end. De Vos died on 29 November 2014, and the band ended with him.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Gorki on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | 33 | #1 | 4 | – | |
| 2 | Lieve kleine piranha | 4 | #7 | – | 1991 | |
| 3 | Joeri | 1 | #9 | – | 2006 |
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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