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Matthew Good
Solo artist Burnaby
Matthew Good is an artist from Burnaby. Matthew Good has 13 chart appearances on 10 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2003–2011. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Alert Status Red”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #13. The station that charted Matthew Good most often is CFNY 102.1 The Edge (Toronto, ON), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2003.
Matthew Good spent the '90s as the voice and pen behind the Matthew Good Band, one of the biggest alternative rock acts in Canada, and when that band folded he simply carried on under his own name, with the brooding intensity intact. Born in 1971 in Burnaby, British Columbia, he writes songs that brood and bristle in equal measure, and off the record he has made himself heard as a political commentator and a mental health activist.
Avalanche, in 2003, was the solo opener, a big, sweeping record where "In A World Called Catastrophe" and "Weapon" pit sweeping drama against guitar-rock grit, and "Near Fantastica" drifts somewhere in between. White Light Rock & Roll Review in 2004 sounded leaner and rawer, with "Alert Status Red" snarling and "It's Been A While Since I Was Your Man" offering the weary flip side.
Hospital Music in 2007, with "Born Losers" and "I'm A Window", came next, while Vancouver in 2009 and Lights of Endangered Species in 2011 kept widening the canvas. Along the way he has racked up twenty-one Juno nominations and four wins, including Video of the Year and Rock Album of the Year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Matthew Good on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alert Status Red | 2 | #13 | – | 2004 | |
| 2 | In A World Called Catastrophe | 2 | #15 | – | 2003 | |
| 3 | Born Losers | 1 | #18 | – | 2007 | |
| 4 | 21St Century Living | 1 | #66 | – | 2004 | |
| 5 | Weapon | 1 | #33 | – | 2003 | |
| 6 | Near Fantastica | 1 | #64 | – | 2003 | |
| 7 | Zero Orchestra | 1 | #72 | – | 2011 | |
| 8 | Us Remains Impossible | 1 | #76 | – | 2010 | |
| 9 | It's Been A While Since I Was Your Man | 1 | #82 | – | 2004 | |
| 10 | Oh Be Joyful | 1 | #79 | – | 2005 | |
| 11 | I'm A Window | 1 | #80 | – | 2008 |
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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