Artist · chart history
Louis XIV
Band San Diego United States Active 2003–2009 US rock band
Louis XIV formed in 2003 in San Diego, United States and was active until 2009. Louis XIV has 40 chart appearances on 29 radio countdowns from 16 stations on RockLists, spanning 2004–2020. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Finding Out True Love is Blind”, which appears on 25 lists with a best position of #5. The station that charted Louis XIV most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 16 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2005.
Louis XIV came strutting out of San Diego in 2003 with a sound built on strut and sneer rather than anything sunny from the Californian coast. Jason Hill sang lead and played guitar, bass and piano, with Brian Karscig switching between guitar, bass and piano, Mark Maigaard on drums and percussion, and James Armbrust on bass.
The self-titled album came first in 2003, carrying the sneering "God Killed The Queen", and a run of EPs followed, among them Blue, with "Pledge of Allegiance", and The Pink EP, which delivered "Finding Out True Love is Blind" in 2004. That one is a stomping, swaggering rocker, all chunky riffs and a vocal that practically winks at you, and it is the song rock radio's countdowns remember them by. Atlantic put out the later records, and Slick Dogs and Ponies followed in 2008, with "Guilt By Association".
The band split in 2009, reunited briefly in 2013 and split again the same year. They came back once more in 2020 with "Playtime", their first new song in 12 years, went back to playing small clubs, and in 2026 put out another single, "STATUES".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Louis XIV on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finding Out True Love is Blind | 25 | #5 | – | 2005 | |
| 2 | God Killed The Queen | 10 | #50 | – | 2005 | |
| 3 | Guilt By Association | 3 | #45 | – | 2007 | |
| 4 | Pledge of Allegiance | 1 | #60 | – | 2005 | |
| 5 | Playtime | 1 | #80 | – | 2020 |
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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