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Jim Carroll Band

Band United States Active 1978–1983

Jim Carroll Band formed in 1978 in the United States and was active until 1983. Jim Carroll Band has 62 chart appearances on 44 radio countdowns from 16 stations on RockLists, spanning 1981–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “People Who Died”, which appears on 43 lists with a best position of #17. The station that charted Jim Carroll Band most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 29 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1981.

62appearances
44countdowns
3songs charted
16stations
0#1 finishes
1981–2026years

The Jim Carroll Band gathered around Jim Carroll on lead vocals, with Brian Linsley and Terrell Winn on guitars, Stephen Linsley on bass and Wayne Woods behind the drums. They were together from 1978 to 1983, and their calling card was the 1980 album Catholic Boy: tight, wiry New Wave punk with Carroll half-singing, half-declaiming over the top like a man reading aloud from a notebook as the band tears past him.

"People Who Died" is the one that lasted, a breakneck rocker delivered at a gallop, and it has turned up on 28 countdowns since. The title track and "It's Too Late" show the same nervy energy.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

Songs by Jim Carroll Band on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 People Who Died
2,963		 43 #17 – 2005
2 Catholic Boy
324		 16 #478 – –
3 It's Too Late
110		 3 #33 – 1981

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.

81 05

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2026 234 People Who Died WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s
2023 824 People Who Died WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023
2023 478 Catholic Boy The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s
2022 372 People Who Died X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time
2021 768 People Who Died 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s
2014 226 People Who Died CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2014 1640 Catholic Boy CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013 223 People Who Died CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013 1576 Catholic Boy CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2012 357 People Who Died WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012)
2011 213 People Who Died CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011 1518 Catholic Boy CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010 201 People Who Died CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010 1452 Catholic Boy CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009 189 People Who Died CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009 1425 Catholic Boy CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008 183 People Who Died CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008 1420 Catholic Boy CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007 239 People Who Died CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 1475 Catholic Boy CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2006 118 People Who Died WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006)
2006 100 People Who Died The End Top 107 Resurrection Songs (December 2006)
2005 68 People Who Died CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005
2005 138 People Who Died WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005)
2005 258 People Who Died CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 1749 Catholic Boy CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 748 People Who Died 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2004 263 People Who Died Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004)
2004 274 People Who Died CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004 1747 Catholic Boy CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003 102 People Who Died WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003)
2003 274 People Who Died CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003 1747 Catholic Boy CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003 29 People Who Died Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003 1345 It's Too Late Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003 1699 Catholic Boy Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002 45 People Who Died WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002)
2002 274 People Who Died CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 1764 Catholic Boy CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 452 People Who Died Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001 19 People Who Died WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)
2001 274 People Who Died CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 1775 Catholic Boy CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000 18 People Who Died WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)
2000 299 People Who Died CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000 1775 Catholic Boy CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999 164 People Who Died WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999)
1999 30 People Who Died WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999)
1999 310 People Who Died CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 1773 Catholic Boy CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 580 People Who Died CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1996 21 People Who Died WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996)
1995 96 People Who Died Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995)
1994 127 People Who Died Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994)
1994 17 People Who Died WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994)
1991 60 People Who Died WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991)
1989 68 People Who Died WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989)
1988 311 People Who Died KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988)
1988 472 It's Too Late KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988)
1988 438 People Who Died Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988)
1981 33 It's Too Late KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981
1981 94 People Who Died KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981

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