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John Hiatt
Solo artist Indianapolis United States guitarist, pianist and singer-songwriter
John Hiatt is an artist from Indianapolis. John Hiatt has 89 chart appearances on 53 radio countdowns from 17 stations on RockLists, spanning 1988–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Have A Little Faith In Me”, which appears on 28 lists with a best position of #40. The station that charted John Hiatt most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 24 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2011.
John Hiatt, born in Indianapolis in 1952, spent years as a songwriter's songwriter before many people noticed the singer. He was writing for Tree International in Nashville when Three Dog Night cut his "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" and took it into the Top 40, and that landed him a deal with Epic. From there he roamed, trying on new wave, blues and country, with Riding With the King arriving in 1983.
Bring the Family, in 1987, is where the voice caught up with the pen. "Have a Little Faith in Me" is about as naked as a love song gets, while "Memphis in the Meantime" and "Thank You Girl" roll along with a grin. Slow Turning followed in 1988 with the title track, "Drive South" and "Tennessee Plates", then Stolen Moments and "Real Fine Love", and Perfectly Good Guitar in 1993 cranked the amps. Walk On and "Cry Love" came in 1995.
He also found time for Little Village and for a stretch with the Guilty Dogs, and he has picked up 9 Grammy nominations. In 2008 he received the Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting. With 22 studio albums behind him, he was still going strong on Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns and "Damn This Town" in 2011.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by John Hiatt on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Have A Little Faith In Me | 28 | #40 | – | – | |
| 2 | Perfectly Good Guitar | 12 | #240 | – | – | |
| 3 | Cry Love | 6 | #222 | – | – | |
| 4 | Slow Turning | 6 | #248 | – | – | |
| 5 | Memphis in the Meantime | 7 | #109 | – | – | |
| 6 | Drive South | 3 | #32 | – | – | |
| 7 | All The Lilacs In Ohio | 2 | #21 | – | 2021 | |
| 8 | Adios To California | 3 | #56 | – | 2011 | |
| 9 | Real Fine Love | 2 | #414 | – | – | |
| 10 | Master of Disaster | 1 | #172 | – | – | |
| 11 | Before I Go | 1 | #8 | – | 2000 | |
| 12 | Tennessee Plates | 1 | #224 | – | – | |
| 13 | Long Time Coming | 1 | #26 | – | 2014 | |
| 14 | The Open Road | 2 | #40 | – | 2010 | |
| 15 | Cry To Me | 2 | #81 | – | 2018 | |
| 16 | My Old Friend | 2 | #20 | – | 2001 | |
| 17 | Damn This Town | 1 | #54 | – | 2011 | |
| 18 | Everybody Went Low | 1 | #22 | – | 2001 | |
| 19 | The Tiki Bar Is Open | 1 | #702 | – | – | |
| 20 | Thing Called Love | 1 | #708 | – | – | |
| 21 | Riding With The King | 1 | #1789 | – | – | |
| 22 | We're All Right Now | 1 | #80 | – | 2012 | |
| 23 | Thank You Girl | 1 | #472 | – | – | |
| 24 | Circle Back | 1 | #1199 | – | – |
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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