Artist · chart history
M83
Band Antibes France Formed 2001
M83 formed in 2001 in Antibes, France. M83 has 79 chart appearances on 67 radio countdowns from 36 stations on RockLists, spanning 2008–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Midnight City”, which appears on 55 lists with a best position of #4. The station that charted M83 most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 8 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2012.
M83 is, for all practical purposes, Anthony Gonzalez and whatever he can hear in his head. The project began in Antibes, France, as a duo with Nicolas Fromageau, but Fromageau drifted off after the tour for their second album, Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts, and Gonzalez has been the one fixed point ever since, writing the songs, singing them and mostly recording alone, calling in guests as he needs them.
What he makes is widescreen: dream pop, shoegaze haze, new wave synths and ambient drift, all stacked up until it sounds like the soundtrack to a teen movie that only exists in your memory. The breakthrough came in 2011 with "Midnight City", the lead single from Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, all blaring synth hook and city-lights shimmer, built to send you into orbit. The album earned a Grammy nomination, and "Reunion" and "Raconte-Moi Une Histoire" proved there was more where that came from.
Junk, in 2016, turned playful and brightly colored, with "Go!" and "Do It, Try It" leading the way. Nine studio albums and two soundtracks in, M83 remains one man's dream, dressed up big.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by M83 on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Midnight City | 55 | #4 | – | 2012 | |
| 2 | Reunion | 6 | #33 | – | 2012 | |
| 3 | Go! | 5 | #11 | – | 2016 | |
| 4 | Graveyard Girl | 3 | #45 | – | 2008 | |
| 5 | Kim & Jessie | 3 | #81 | – | 2009 | |
| 6 | Do It, Try It | 2 | #18 | – | 2016 | |
| 7 | Raconte-Moi Une Histoire | 1 | #108 | – | – | |
| 8 | Intro | 1 | #133 | – | – | |
| 9 | Oblivion | 1 | #19 | – | 2013 | |
| 10 | Teen Angst | 1 | #408 | – | – | |
| 11 | OK Pal | 1 | #106 | – | 2012 |
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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