Artist · chart history
Grizzly Bear
Band Brooklyn United States Formed 2002
Grizzly Bear formed in 2002 in Brooklyn, United States. Grizzly Bear has 55 chart appearances on 44 radio countdowns from 21 stations on RockLists, spanning 2009–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Two Weeks”, which appears on 26 lists with a best position of #5. The station that charted Grizzly Bear most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 8 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2009.
Grizzly Bear started life in Brooklyn in 2002 as Ed Droste's solo project, a hushed lo-fi thing that grew into one of the most gorgeous-sounding bands of the decade. Christopher Bear came in on drums, then Daniel Rossen and Chris Taylor signed on just to fill out the live show, and the chemistry on stage turned a one-man act into a four-way democracy. Rossen became the second singer and songwriter, trading leads with Droste; Taylor took the producer's chair and a closet full of woodwinds; and all four sing, stacking harmonies like choirboys raised on psychedelia.
Yellow House, in 2006, was the first record by the full band, and the critics swooned. Then came Veckatimest in 2009, heralded by "Two Weeks", a sunny, rolling piano tune wrapped in cooing backing vocals that sounds like the Beach Boys wandering through a chamber-pop fever dream. The album climbed to number 8 on the Billboard 200, and "While You Wait for the Others" showed the darker, more knotted side of the band.
Shields, in 2012, was bigger and stranger, with "Yet Again" and "Sleeping Ute" trading the pastoral for the churning, and Painted Ruins arrived in 2017. A long silence followed, Droste said he was out, and then the four of them announced a tour together and insisted they had never split at all.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Grizzly Bear on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two Weeks | 26 | #5 | – | 2009 | |
| 2 | Mourning Sound | 9 | #14 | – | 2017 | |
| 3 | Yet Again | 6 | #40 | – | 2012 | |
| 4 | While You Wait for the Others | 5 | #17 | – | 2009 | |
| 5 | Sleeping Ute | 3 | #44 | – | 2012 | |
| 6 | Cheerleader | 1 | #30 | – | 2009 | |
| 7 | A Simple Answer | 1 | #46 | – | 2013 | |
| 8 | Colorado | 1 | #385 | – | – | |
| 9 | Owner Of A Lonely Heart | 1 | #429 | – | – | |
| 10 | Knife | 1 | #362 | – | – |
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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