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Kula Shaker

Band London United Kingdom Formed 1995

Kula Shaker formed in 1995 in London, United Kingdom. Kula Shaker has 26 chart appearances on 25 radio countdowns from 16 stations on RockLists, spanning 1996–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Tattva”, which appears on 15 lists with a best position of #9. The station that charted Kula Shaker most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1996.

26appearances

25countdowns

6songs charted

16stations

0#1 finishes

1996–2025years

Kula Shaker blew into Britpop's party in 1996 smelling of incense and wah-wah pedals, a London band led by Crispian Mills who took their name from Kulasekhara, an Indian king of the 9th century. Their debut album, K, went to number one in the UK, and a run of top-ten singles followed: "Tattva", "Hey Dude", "Govinda", "Hush" and "Sound of Drums".

What made them stand out from the jangly pack was the whole package of Indian music, culture and mysticism. Sitar, tamboura and tabla sit right alongside big, crunching Western rock guitars, and "Tattva" and "Govinda" are sung partly in Sanskrit. Some critics couldn't stand it; plenty of record buyers couldn't get enough. Alonza Bevan, Jay Darlington and Paul Winter-Hart rounded out the lineup, and Harry Broadbent is part of the current lineup.

The first run ended in September 1999. They regrouped in 2004 to record for the School of Braja compilation, and a proper comeback took shape by 2006. Strangefolk arrived in 2007 and Pilgrims Progress in 2010, then K 2.0 in 2016, which critics and fans both liked. After a long break they kept going with 1st Congregational Church of Eternal Love and Free Hugs in 2022, Natural Magick in 2024 and Wormslayer in January 2026.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Kula Shaker on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Tattva	302	15	#9	–	1996
2	Hush	112	4	#9	–	1997
3	Govinda	63	4	#611	–	–
4	Hey Dude	41	1	#60	–	1996
5	Tatva	28	1	#722	–	–
6	Let Love Be (With You)	22	1	#699	–	–

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

1996K3 charting songs

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

96 97

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2025	90	Hush	Absolute Radio 100 Ultimate Britpop Anthems
2022	626	Tattva	The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2021	308	Hush	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2021	696	Tattva	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2019	942	Govinda	WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019
2019	942	Govinda	WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019
2018	699	Let Love Be (With You)	WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018
2016	611	Govinda	WYEP 913 Countdown 2016
2005	1801	Tattva	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	722	Tatva	99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2004	1805	Tattva	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	1805	Tattva	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	86	Hush	Virgin Radio VR10x10 (April 2003)
2002	1829	Tattva	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	1522	Tattva	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001	1843	Tattva	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	1838	Govinda	WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time
2000	1841	Tattva	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999	1840	Tattva	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	852	Tattva	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1997	9	Hush	Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 1997
1997	101	Tattva	105.7 The Point Top 105.7 of 1997
1996	9	Tattva	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1996
1996	84	Tattva	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996
1996	46	Tattva	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1996
1996	60	Hey Dude	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1996

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