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Keane
Band Battle United Kingdom Formed 1995
Keane formed in 1995 in Battle, United Kingdom. Keane has 145 chart appearances on 104 radio countdowns from 38 stations on RockLists, spanning 2004–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Somewhere Only We Know”, which appears on 58 lists with a best position of #12. The station that charted Keane most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 26 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2006.
Keane came out of Battle, East Sussex, in 1995, and they made a point of doing without the one thing every rock band of the day took for granted: the guitar. After original guitarist Dominic Scott left in 2001, they were a trio: Tim Rice-Oxley's piano carried the melodies and the muscle, Richard Hughes drummed, and Tom Chaplin sang in a clear, soaring voice that made heartbreak sound like weather. Jesse Quin later joined on bass.
Hopes and Fears, in 2004, was the breakthrough, and a huge one: it topped the British chart, was the country's second-best-selling album of the year and won the Brit for Best British Album, with Keane also named British Breakthrough Act, and a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist followed. "Somewhere Only We Know", "Everybody's Changing" and "Bedshaped" are hymns for rainy bus windows, all wistful chords and big, open choruses.
Under the Iron Sea, in 2006, went darker, with Rice-Oxley running his piano through distortion and synthesizers creeping in around "Is It Any Wonder?", and it topped the British chart as well. Perfect Symmetry, the Night Train EP and Strangeland followed before a hiatus, and they came back in 2019 with Cause and Effect.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Keane on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somewhere Only We Know | 58 | #12 | – | 2004 | |
| 2 | Is It Any Wonder? | 25 | #16 | – | 2006 | |
| 3 | Everybody's Changing | 20 | #51 | – | 2005 | |
| 4 | Silenced by the Night | 8 | #25 | – | 2012 | |
| 5 | Bedshaped | 3 | #112 | – | – | |
| 6 | Spiralling | 3 | #6 | – | 2008 | |
| 7 | Sovereign Light Cafe | 3 | #47 | – | 2012 | |
| 8 | My Shadow | 2 | #24 | – | 2010 | |
| 9 | The Way I Feel | 2 | #7 | – | 2020 | |
| 10 | Bend And Break | 3 | #431 | – | – | |
| 11 | This is the Last Time | 3 | #38 | – | 2005 | |
| 12 | Stop for a Minute | 3 | #51 | – | 2010 | |
| 13 | Love Too Much | 1 | #19 | – | 2019 | |
| 14 | Untitled 1 | 1 | #68 | – | 2005 | |
| 15 | We Might As Well Be Strangers (DJ Shadow Remix) | 1 | #77 | – | 2005 | |
| 16 | Stupid Things | 1 | #31 | – | 2021 | |
| 17 | The Lovers Are Losing | 2 | #87 | – | 2008 | |
| 18 | Chase The Night Away | 1 | #54 | – | 2021 | |
| 19 | This is the Lat Time | 1 | #394 | – | – | |
| 20 | Phases | 1 | #99 | – | 2022 | |
| 21 | Higher Than The Sun | 1 | #100 | – | 2013 | |
| 22 | Crystal Ball | 1 | #1073 | – | – |
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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