Artist · chart history
Kasabian
Band Leicester United Kingdom Formed 1997 GB | rock
Kasabian formed in 1997 in Leicester, United Kingdom. Kasabian has 74 chart appearances on 41 radio countdowns from 20 stations on RockLists, spanning 2004–2022. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Club Foot”, which appears on 21 lists with a best position of #22. The station that charted Kasabian most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 38 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2005.
Kasabian came out of Leicester in 1997 with Tom Meighan out front, Sergio Pizzorno on guitar and second vocals, Chris Karloff on guitar and Chris Edwards on bass, but their self-titled debut didn't arrive until 2004, with drummer Ian Matthews newly on board. It sounded like a rave held in a football terrace: the Stone Roses and Primal Scream melted down, mixed with electronics and given Oasis-sized swagger. "Club Foot" stomped, "L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever)" chanted, and "Reason is Treason" throbbed.
Karloff left in 2006, the year Empire and "Shoot the Runner" arrived. West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum in 2009 went psychedelic and cinematic with "Fire" and "Where Did All the Love Go?", Velociraptor! in 2011 brought "Days Are Forgotten" and "Re-Wired", and 48:13 in 2014 had "Eez-eh". Along the way they picked up the Brit for Best British Group in 2010, 2 Q Awards as Best Act in the World Today and a string of live-act prizes, and headlined Glastonbury in 2014.
Pizzorno has said he hates indie bands and doesn't think Kasabian is one, whatever the labels say. Meighan left in July 2020, Pizzorno took over lead vocals, and the albums kept coming, 9 of them by the time Act III arrived in 2026.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Kasabian on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Club Foot | 21 | #22 | – | 2005 | |
| 2 | L.S.F. | 12 | #47 | – | 2005 | |
| 3 | Days Are Forgotten | 8 | #30 | – | 2011 | |
| 4 | Shoot the Runner | 9 | #60 | – | 2007 | |
| 5 | Fire | 4 | #17 | – | 2009 | |
| 6 | Reason is Treason | 9 | #94 | – | 2005 | |
| 7 | Eez-eh | 3 | #63 | – | 2014 | |
| 8 | Lost Souls Forever | 2 | #79 | – | 2005 | |
| 9 | Where Did All the Love Go? | 1 | #51 | – | 2009 | |
| 10 | Goodbye Kiss | 1 | #54 | – | 2012 | |
| 11 | Re-Wired | 1 | #65 | – | 2011 | |
| 12 | Empire | 2 | #80 | – | 2006 | |
| 13 | Underdog | 1 | #85 | – | 2009 |
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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