Artist · chart history
Hail the Villain
Band Oshawa Canada Active 2003–2012
Hail the Villain formed in 2003 in Oshawa, Canada and was active until 2012. Hail the Villain has 8 chart appearances on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations on RockLists, spanning 2010–2011. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Take Back the Fear”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #6. The station that charted Hail the Villain most often is 105.7 The Point (St. Louis, MO), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2010.
Hail the Villain came out of Oshawa, Ontario, in 2003, playing the kind of hard rock that sounds best at full volume with the windows down: chunky riffs, a gruff, hooky chorus and not much time spent on subtlety.
They made one studio album, Population: Declining, and it got them a nomination for Rock Album of the Year at the 2011 Juno Awards. "Take Back the Fear" is its calling card, all clenched jaw and big, bruising guitars. Then the band went on indefinite hiatus, and by 2012 it was over.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Hail the Villain on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take Back the Fear | 4 | #6 | – | 2010 | |
| 2 | Runaway | 4 | #46 | – | 2010 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 68 | Runaway | 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2011 |
| 2011 | 92 | Runaway | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2011 |
| 2010 | 60 | Take Back the Fear | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 |
| 2010 | 15 | Take Back the Fear | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2010 |
| 2010 | 46 | Runaway | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2010 |
| 2010 | 71 | Take Back the Fear | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2010 |
| 2010 | 6 | Take Back the Fear | 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2010 |
| 2010 | 104 | Runaway | 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2010 |
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