Artist · chart history
Hot Chip
Band London United Kingdom Formed 2000
Hot Chip formed in 2000 in London, United Kingdom. Hot Chip has 29 chart appearances on 24 radio countdowns from 11 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “One Life Stand”, which appears on 5 lists with a best position of #18. The station that charted Hot Chip most often is WBER (Rochester, NY), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2010.
Hot Chip started as a bedroom project for Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard, who met at Elliott School in Putney, and grew into a London synth-pop band with a head for house and disco and a soft spot for a tender tune. Rob Smoughton drummed in the early days; after the EPs Mexico and San Frandisco and the 2004 debut Coming on Strong, Al Doyle, Owen Clarke and Felix Martin filled out the ranks, everyone swapping synths, guitars, percussion and whatever else was lying around.
The Warning earned them a Mercury Prize nomination in 2006, and Made in the Dark, in 2008, delivered "Ready for the Floor", a jittery, irresistible dance-floor plea that picked up a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording. One Life Stand, in 2010, turned warmer with its title track and "I Feel Better", all shimmering keys and big-hearted melody. In Our Heads (home of "Night and Day") and Why Make Sense? (with "Huarache Lights") kept the machines humming, followed by A Bath Full of Ecstasy and Freakout/Release. Between records the members scatter into side projects and DJ sets, which may be why the grooves always sound so lived-in.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Hot Chip on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Life Stand | 5 | #18 | – | 2010 | |
| 2 | Over And Over | 5 | #59 | – | 2006 | |
| 3 | Ready For The Floor | 4 | #69 | – | 2008 | |
| 4 | Huarache Lights | 3 | #26 | – | 2015 | |
| 5 | Shake A Fist | 1 | #12 | – | 2008 | |
| 6 | Down | 1 | #21 | – | 2022 | |
| 7 | Wrestlers | 1 | #32 | – | 2009 | |
| 8 | Broken | 1 | #36 | – | 2023 | |
| 9 | Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa | 2 | #83 | – | 2009 | |
| 10 | Night And Day | 2 | #47 | – | 2012 | |
| 11 | Don't Deny Your Heart | 1 | #70 | – | 2012 | |
| 12 | The Warning | 1 | #536 | – | – | |
| 13 | I Feel Better | 1 | #85 | – | 2010 | |
| 14 | Freakout / Release | 1 | #97 | – | 2022 |
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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