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Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
Band Waitsfield (CDP) United States Formed 2002
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals formed in 2002 in Waitsfield (CDP), United States. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals has 38 chart appearances on 27 radio countdowns from 12 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Paris (Oh La La)”, which appears on 10 lists with a best position of #4. The station that charted Grace Potter & The Nocturnals most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 15 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2010.
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals started out in Waitsfield, Vermont, in 2002, when singer Grace Potter teamed up with drummer Matt Burr and guitarist Scott Tournet. They did it the old-fashioned way: producing their own records and grinding it out on the jam band and festival circuit, playing as many as 200 shows a year until Hollywood Records signed them in 2005.
The secret weapon was Potter herself. She sings with a raw, gutsy blues holler that drew comparisons to Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt and Koko Taylor, and she doesn't just stand there: she plays guitar and keyboards, and her stage energy could light up a barn. Behind her the band ranged across blues rock, folk rock and hard rock, with Tournet's lap steel adding some twang. This Is Somewhere, in 2007, brought "Ah Mary" and "Stop The Bus".
Their self-titled third album went to the top of the iTunes charts in 2010 and got them noticed around the world, and The Lion the Beast the Beat followed in 2012 with "Stars". Potter also worked with Kenny Chesney and the Rolling Stones. She married Burr in 2013, and after their divorce in 2015 the Nocturnals went quiet for good.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Grace Potter & The Nocturnals on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris (Oh La La) | 10 | #4 | – | 2010 | |
| 2 | Ah Mary | 8 | #12 | – | 2007 | |
| 3 | Stars | 4 | #21 | – | 2012 | |
| 4 | Tiny Light | 4 | #30 | – | 2010 | |
| 5 | Never Go Back | 4 | #33 | – | 2012 | |
| 6 | Nothing But The Water | 2 | #262 | – | – | |
| 7 | Apologies | 1 | #446 | – | – | |
| 8 | Stop The Bus | 3 | #97 | – | 2007 | |
| 9 | Loneliest Soul | 1 | #140 | – | 2012 |
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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