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Grandaddy

Band Modesto United States Formed 1992

Grandaddy formed in 1992 in Modesto, United States. Grandaddy has 25 chart appearances on 24 radio countdowns from 9 stations on RockLists, spanning 2000–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Now It's On”, which appears on 12 lists with a best position of #36. The station that charted Grandaddy most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 8 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2003.

25appearances

24countdowns

5songs charted

9stations

0#1 finishes

2000–2026years

Grandaddy came out of Modesto, California, in 1992, and the band's sound was largely Jason Lytle's doing: he made most of their records himself in home studios, with Aaron Burtch, Kevin Garcia, Jim Fairchild and Tim Dryden filling out the lineup. After a run of self-released records and cassettes they signed to Will Records in America and Big Cat in Britain, then to V2 outright.

The Sophtware Slump, in 2000, is the one to start with: fuzzy guitars, wheezing synths and lonely, lo-fi melodies, with "The Crystal Lake" as its shimmering high point. Sumday followed in 2003, sunnier and tighter, with "Now It's On" bouncing along like a hit that forgot to be cynical.

They split in 2006 after four albums, came back in 2012, toured and released Last Place in March 2017, but Garcia's sudden death after a stroke that year stopped everything. Lytle revived the name for Blu Wav in 2024, and a full reunion tour in 2025 marked 25 years of The Sophtware Slump.

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

Songs by Grandaddy on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Now It's On	260	12	#36	–	2003
2	Way We Won't	88	6	#68	–	2016
3	A.M. 180	55	1	#407	–	–
4	Blindness	48	1	#442	–	–
5	The Crystal Lake	25	5	#50	–	2000

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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Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2026	982	Way We Won't	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound
2024	800	Now It's On	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century
2024	897	Way We Won't	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century
2024	442	Blindness	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs
2024	723	Now It's On	The Best Opening Tracks of All Time
2022	1039	Way We Won't	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time
2022	407	A.M. 180	The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2019	907	Way We Won't	WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019
2019	907	Way We Won't	WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019
2016	68	Way We Won't	WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2016
2010	1979	Now It's On	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009	1928	Now It's On	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008	1894	Now It's On	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007	1874	Now It's On	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2006	461	The Crystal Lake	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006)
2005	474	The Crystal Lake	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005)
2005	1933	Now It's On	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004	1943	Now It's On	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	36	Now It's On	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003
2003	36	Now It's On	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003
2003	54 (tie)	Now It's On	WBER Listener Countdown 2003
2003	457	The Crystal Lake	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003)
2003	1942	Now It's On	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002	498	The Crystal Lake	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002)
2000	50	The Crystal Lake	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2000

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