Artist · chart history
Low
Band Duluth United States Active 1993–2023 Minnesota indie rock/slowcore band
Low formed in 1993 in Duluth, United States and was active until 2023. Low has 24 chart appearances on 15 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 1999–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Days Like These”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #4. The station that charted Low most often is The Current (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN), with 10 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2002.
Low came out of Duluth, Minnesota, in 1993, built on the marriage of Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker: he played guitar, she played drums, and both of them sang, their voices twined together so quietly you had to lean in to catch them. The early records, The Curtain Hits the Cast among them, helped invent slowcore, songs slowed to a crawl and hushed almost to a whisper, melancholy you could hear breathing.
For most of their run they were a trio, and the bass chair changed hands several times: John Nichols at the start, then Zak Sally for more than a decade, then Matt Livingston and Steve Garrington, with Elizabeth Draper in the final lineup. Secret Name gave them "Immune" in 1999, Things We Lost in the Fire brought "Dinosaur Act" in 2001, and Trust in 2002 carried "Canada" and "In The Drugs".
The sound kept stretching as the years went on, through The Great Destroyer in 2004, The Invisible Way in 2013 and Ones and Sixes, with "No Comprende", in 2015, and on into the late-period jolt of "Days Like These" in 2021. They recorded for Sub Pop and won the Libera Award for Best Live Act. Parker's death brought Low to an end.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Low on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Days Like These | 3 | #4 | – | 2021 | |
| 2 | What Part of Me | 3 | #56 | – | 2015 | |
| 3 | No Comprende | 2 | #35 | – | 2015 | |
| 4 | Dinosaur Act | 2 | #11 | – | 2000 | |
| 5 | Immune | 1 | #10 | – | 1999 | |
| 6 | In The Drugs | 1 | #16 | – | 2002 | |
| 7 | Canada | 1 | #18 | – | 2002 | |
| 8 | Fearless | 1 | #492 | – | – | |
| 9 | Plastic Cup | 1 | #55 | – | 2013 | |
| 10 | Silver Rider | 1 | #573 | – | – | |
| 11 | Just Make It Stop | 1 | #60 | – | 2013 | |
| 12 | (That's How You Sing) Amazing Grace | 1 | #36 | – | 2002 | |
| 13 | Landslide | 1 | #762 | – | – | |
| 14 | Disarray | 1 | #67 | – | 2018 | |
| 15 | Over The Ocean | 1 | #685 | – | – | |
| 16 | When I Go Deaf | 1 | #742 | – | – | |
| 17 | Will The Night | 1 | #926 | – | – | |
| 18 | I'm On Fire | 1 | #795 | – | – |
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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