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Japandroids
Band Vancouver Active 2006–2024
Japandroids formed in 2006 in Vancouver and was active until 2024. Japandroids has 27 chart appearances on 27 radio countdowns from 16 stations on RockLists, spanning 2009–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “The House That Heaven Built”, which appears on 15 lists with a best position of #4. The station that charted Japandroids most often is WBER (Rochester, NY), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2012.
Japandroids were two guys from Vancouver making the racket of a whole arena: Brian King howling and slashing at his guitar, David Prowse pounding the drums and hollering back, sometimes taking the lead himself. They started in 2006, broke out with the 2009 debut Post-Nothing, and then went all in on the road. Between 2009 and 2013 they played roughly 500 shows in 44 countries, and their live sets turned into the stuff of sweat-soaked legend.
Celebration Rock, in 2012, is the one that made the case to everybody: a blast of fireworks-and-beer-can rock that sound like Springsteen and Tom Petty run through the wringer of the Replacements and Husker Du, all gang vocals, open-throated choruses and nights that never end. "The House That Heaven Built" is its rallying cry, a song that practically begs to be shouted at full lung capacity, and critics swooned; one year-end roundup crowned them band of the year.
Near to the Wild Heart of Life, in 2017, polished the sound up and sent them back out on an even bigger tour. After years of silence they returned with a fourth and final album, Fate & Alcohol, in October 2024, and called it a day.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Japandroids on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The House That Heaven Built | 15 | #4 | – | 2012 | |
| 2 | Near to the Wild Heart of Life | 4 | #36 | – | 2016 | |
| 3 | North East South West | 2 | #33 | – | 2017 | |
| 4 | Young Hearts Spark Fire | 1 | #23 | – | 2009 | |
| 5 | Younger Us | 1 | #52 | – | 2012 | |
| 6 | The Nights of Wine and Roses | 1 | #445 | – | – | |
| 7 | Chicago | 2 | #77 | – | 2024 | |
| 8 | Wet Hair | 1 | #83 | – | 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.
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