Artist · chart history
Mew
Band Hellerup Denmark Formed 1995 Danish alternative rock band
Mew formed in 1995 in Hellerup, Denmark. Mew has 9 chart appearances on 9 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2015. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Special”, which appears on 8 lists with a best position of #74. The station that charted Mew most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2006.
Mew were a Danish alternative rock band built around singer Jonas Bjerre, guitarist Bo Madsen, bassist Johan Wohlert and drummer Silas Utke Graae Jorgensen, and their music never settled for one box: indie, sometimes progressive rock, or, as Madsen liked to put it, "indie stadium".
The rest of the world started paying attention with their third album, Frengers, in 2003. And the Glass Handed Kites followed in 2005, a dense, dreamlike, glittering record, with "Special" cutting through as its most urgent, jagged moment. Bjerre's fragile voice floats over it all like a kite over a thunderstorm. The same year, Mew picked up the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Danish Act.
Wohlert stepped away from 2006 to 2013, but the band kept rising: No More Stories... in 2009 and + − in 2015 both went to number one in Denmark, and the former became their only album to chart in the United States. Madsen left in 2015, and in 2025 and 2026 Mew played a farewell tour around the world.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Mew on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Special | 8 | #74 | – | 2006 | |
| 2 | Satellites | 1 | #102 | – | 2015 |
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.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 102 | Satellites | WBER Listener Countdown 2015 |
| 2014 | 1797 | Special | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) |
| 2013 | 1730 | Special | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) |
| 2011 | 1661 | Special | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) |
| 2010 | 1593 | Special | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) |
| 2009 | 1561 | Special | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) |
| 2008 | 1543 | Special | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) |
| 2007 | 1300 | Special | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) |
| 2006 | 74 | Special | The End Top 107 Songs of 2006 |
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