Artist · chart history
Killing Heidi
Band Australia Formed 1996 Australian rock band
Killing Heidi formed in 1996 in Australia. Killing Heidi has 6 chart appearances on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 1999–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Weir”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #2. The station that charted Killing Heidi most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1999.
Killing Heidi started in Violet Town, Victoria, in 1996 as a folk-pop duo of siblings, Ella and Jesse Hooper, and by the time the rest of the world noticed they had turned into a full-bore alternative rock band with Warren Jenkin and Adam Pedretti in the lineup, all big, bruised feeling and teenage-raw guitars.
Reflector, released in March 2000, went all the way to No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, and "Mascara" topped the singles chart. Along with "Weir", "Live Without It" and "Superman/Supergirl", those songs caught the angst-and-eyeliner mood of the moment dead on: sulky verses, surging choruses and a sense that every feeling was the biggest one ever felt. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2000 they were nominated seven times and took home four trophies, Album of the Year among them, and the Hoopers were named Songwriter of the Year at the APRA Music Awards the following year.
Two more albums followed, Present and a self-titled record, before they split in 2006 and the siblings went quiet as the acoustic duo the Verses. In 2016 Killing Heidi reformed for their 20th anniversary, and they have been touring ever since.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Killing Heidi on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weir | 2 | #2 | – | 1999 | |
| 2 | Mascara | 2 | #14 | – | 1999 | |
| 3 | Superman/Supergirl | 1 | #70 | – | 2000 | |
| 4 | Live Without It | 1 | #92 | – | 2000 |
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.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | Weir | Triple J Hottest 100 of Australian Songs (2025) |
| 2018 | 90 | Mascara | Triple M Ozzest 100 (2018) |
| 2000 | 70 | Superman/Supergirl | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2000 |
| 2000 | 92 | Live Without It | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2000 |
| 1999 | 2 | Weir | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999 |
| 1999 | 14 | Mascara | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999 |
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