Artist · chart history
Middle Kids
Band Sydney Formed 2015
Middle Kids formed in 2015 in Sydney. Middle Kids has 50 chart appearances on 43 radio countdowns from 14 stations on RockLists, spanning 2017–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Highlands”, which appears on 10 lists with a best position of #23. The station that charted Middle Kids most often is 107.1 The Peak (Westchester County, NY), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2021.
Hannah Joy on vocals and guitar, multi-instrumentalist Tim Fitz and drummer Harry Day make up Middle Kids, a Sydney trio whose songs pull off the neat trick of sounding both scuffed-up and wide open. A self-titled EP in 2017 introduced them with "Edge of Town", all chiming guitar and Joy's big, cracked-heart voice.
Lost Friends, the 2018 debut album, is where they came into focus: "Mistake" rides a chorus that swells like a tide coming in, and the whole record sits in that sweet spot between indie rock grit and the kind of melody you find yourself humming in the shower. The New Songs for Old Problems EP followed in 2019 with "Real Thing", then the second album, Today We're the Greatest, in 2021, featuring the plainspoken "Stacking Chairs" and "Questions". A third album, Faith Crisis Pt 1, came out in February 2024.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Middle Kids on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highlands | 10 | #23 | – | 2023 | |
| 2 | Mistake | 7 | #25 | – | 2018 | |
| 3 | Questions | 7 | #7 | – | 2021 | |
| 4 | Edge of Town | 8 | #47 | – | 2017 | |
| 5 | Stacking Chairs | 5 | #19 | – | 2021 | |
| 6 | Dramamine | 4 | #50 | – | 2024 | |
| 7 | Real Thing | 4 | #44 | – | 2019 | |
| 8 | Bootleg Firecracker | 1 | #9 | – | 2023 | |
| 9 | Portland, Oregon | 1 | #221 | – | – | |
| 10 | R U 4 Me? | 2 | #79 | – | 2020 | |
| 11 | Your Love | 1 | #84 | – | 2017 |
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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