Artist · chart history
Jim James
Solo artist Louisville United States
Jim James is an artist from Louisville. Jim James has 25 chart appearances on 21 radio countdowns from 11 stations on RockLists, spanning 2012–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Here In Spirit”, which appears on 8 lists with a best position of #7. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted Jim James most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 6 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2013.
Jim James, born James Edward Olliges Jr. in 1978 and sometimes billed as Yim Yames, is a Louisville native best known as the singer, guitarist, producer and main songwriter of My Morning Jacket, and the owner of a reverb-drenched, high and lonesome voice. On his own, he gets stranger and more intimate.
Regions of Light and Sound of God, his 2013 solo album for ATO Records, is a hushed, cosmic soul record, all hazy grooves, warm keys and that voice floating through the fog. "A New Life" sways like an old slow dance, while "State of the Art (A.E.I.O.U.)" builds into a heavy, hypnotic churn.
Eternally Even, in 2016, went darker and more restless, with "Same Old Lie" and "Here in Spirit" riding deep, slinky rhythms. Uniform Distortion, in 2018, flipped the switch the other way: fuzzed-out, loud, loose rock and roll, with "Throwback" sounding like a man cranking up his amp just for the fun of it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Jim James on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Here In Spirit | 8 | #7 | – | 2016 | |
| 2 | A New Life | 4 | #1 | 1 | 2013 | |
| 3 | Throwback | 3 | #29 | – | 2018 | |
| 4 | State of the Art (A.E.I.O.U.) | 2 | #65 | – | 2013 | |
| 5 | Just A Fool | 3 | #29 | – | 2018 | |
| 6 | Know Til Now | 2 | #128 | – | 2013 | |
| 7 | Same Old Lie | 1 | #66 | – | 2016 | |
| 8 | State of the Art | 1 | #81 | – | 2013 | |
| 9 | Everyday People | 1 | #834 | – | – |
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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