Artist · chart history
Kaiser Chiefs
Band Leeds United Kingdom Formed 2003
Kaiser Chiefs formed in 2003 in Leeds, United Kingdom. Kaiser Chiefs has 91 chart appearances on 63 radio countdowns from 31 stations on RockLists, spanning 2005–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “I Predict a Riot”, which appears on 31 lists with a best position of #5. The station that charted Kaiser Chiefs most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 23 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2005.
Kaiser Chiefs had been kicking around Leeds for years under other names, first Runston Parva and then just Parva, with one album to show for it, before they rebranded as Kaiser Chiefs in 2003 and suddenly sounded like a band with somewhere to be. Ricky Wilson sang, Andrew "Whitey" White played guitar, Simon Rix played bass, Nick "Peanut" Baines worked the keyboards and Nick Hodgson drummed, and between them they had clearly memorized every late-'70s punk and new wave single in the north of England.
Employment, the 2005 debut, is a hit parade of terrace chants and jerky, hooky choruses: "I Predict a Riot" lurches like a Saturday night about to go wrong, "Oh My God" builds to a big, arms-around-the-shoulders howl, and "Everyday I Love You Less and Less" bounces along with a grin on its face. It sold by the truckload, picked up a stack of Brit Awards including Best British Group, and made the Mercury Prize shortlist.
Yours Truly, Angry Mob followed in 2007, and "Ruby" went to number one in the UK with a chorus you could hear from the car park, while "The Angry Mob" kept the singalong going. Off With Their Heads arrived in 2008 with "Never miss a beat". Hodgson left at the end of 2012, Vijay Mistry took over the drums, and the band has kept on turning out records ever since.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Kaiser Chiefs on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Predict a Riot | 31 | #5 | – | 2005 | |
| 2 | Ruby | 29 | #2 | – | 2007 | |
| 3 | Never miss a beat | 7 | #13 | – | 2008 | |
| 4 | Oh My God | 10 | #47 | – | 2005 | |
| 5 | Everyday I Love You Less and Less | 3 | #28 | – | 2005 | |
| 6 | Coming Home | 3 | #102 | – | 2014 | |
| 7 | Ruffians On Parade | 1 | #26 | – | 2014 | |
| 8 | Record Collection | 1 | #20 | – | 2020 | |
| 9 | Good Days Bad Days | 1 | #38 | – | 2009 | |
| 10 | The Angry Mob | 3 | #53 | – | 2007 | |
| 11 | Falling Awake | 1 | #67 | – | 2015 | |
| 12 | Can't Say What I Mean | 1 | #81 | – | 2008 |
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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