Artist · chart history
Hockey
Band Portland United States Active 2002–2018 Portland, OR indie rock band
Hockey formed in 2002 in Portland, United States and was active until 2018. Hockey has 16 chart appearances on 16 radio countdowns from 13 stations on RockLists, spanning 2009–2022. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Too Fake”, which appears on 6 lists with a best position of #24. The station that charted Hockey most often is 102.7 WEQX (Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2010.
Hockey hailed from Portland, Oregon, and their sound got them compared to the Strokes and LCD Soundsystem: jittery, hooky indie rock with a dance-floor bounce. Singer Ben Grubin fronted a lineup of guitarist Brian White, bassist Jeremy "Jerm" Reynolds and drummer Anthony Stassi, with Ryan Dolliver on keyboards on the road.
Mind Chaos started life in 2008 as a home-made EP, and that was enough to land them deals with Capitol in America and Virgin in Britain. The full album arrived in 2009, and so did a festival summer: the John Peel Stage at Glastonbury, T in the Park in Scotland, Bonnaroo, and the main stage of the Hove Festival in Norway. "Too Fake" was their debut single, and Big Sean later sampled it for a track of his own with the same name; "Song Away" is the other one to know, Grubin sounding like he's having more fun than anyone in the room.
In October 2010 White and Stassi left the group, and the band finally wrapped up in 2018.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Hockey on radio countdowns
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 850 | Song Away | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s |
| 2013 | 111 | Love Is Strange | WBER Listener Countdown 2013 |
| 2010 | 83 | Song Away | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 |
| 2010 | 40 | Song Away | Channel 92.3 Top 92 Songs of 2010 |
| 2010 | 48 | Song Away | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2010 |
| 2010 | 51 (tie) | Too Fake | WBER Listener Countdown 2010 |
| 2010 | 55 | Song Away | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2010 |
| 2010 | 66 | Song Away | WFIV Top 105 of 2010 |
| 2010 | 79 | Song Away | 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2010 |
| 2010 | 83 | Song Away | 106.1 The Corner Top 106 of 2010 |
| 2010 | 101 | Song Away | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2010 |
| 2009 | 82 | Too Fake | WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2009 |
| 2009 | 25 | Too Fake | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2009 |
| 2009 | 24 | Too Fake | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2009 |
| 2009 | 67 | Too Fake | Impact 89FM Top 89 of 2009 |
| 2009 | 42 | Too Fake | WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2009 |
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