Artist · chart history · #421 in indie & aaa artist polls
Mike Doughty
Solo artist Fort Knox United States
Mike Doughty is an artist from Fort Knox. Mike Doughty has 64 chart appearances on 50 radio countdowns from 22 stations on RockLists, spanning 2003–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “27 Jennifers”, which appears on 15 lists with a best position of #15. The station that charted Mike Doughty most often is WBER (Rochester, NY), with 12 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2005.
Mike Doughty, born in Fort Knox in 1970, first made his name as the founder of Soul Coughing in 1992. Once he struck out on his own, he kept up a furious pace, releasing studio albums, live albums and EPs at a clip that ran to 18 by 2016, every one of them since 2000.
The Rockity Roll EP in 2003 had "27 Jennifers", and Haughty Melodic, his 2005 album on ATO Records, is the one that put him on alternative countdowns. "Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well" is the standout, a loping, hooky tune with his voice and guitar front and center, and "Busting Up A Starbucks" wears its wry humor right there in the title.
He came back to the countdowns with Stellar Motel in 2014 and its "Light Will Keep Your Heart Beating In The Future". Away from music, he's an author too.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Mike Doughty on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 Jennifers | 15 | #15 | – | 2008 | |
| 2 | Light Will Keep Your Heart Beating In The Future | 10 | #5 | – | 2014 | |
| 3 | Busting Up A Starbucks | 9 | #32 | – | 2005 | |
| 4 | Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well | 8 | #7 | – | 2005 | |
| 5 | You Should Be Doubly Gratified | 4 | #41 | – | 2009 | |
| 6 | Day By Day By | 2 | #37 | – | 2011 | |
| 7 | I Can't Believe I Found You In That Town | 2 | #9 | – | 2016 | |
| 8 | Na Na Nothing | 3 | #59 | – | 2011 | |
| 9 | I Just Want The Girl In The Blue Dress To Keep On Dancing | 1 | #15 | – | 2008 | |
| 10 | American Car | 1 | #26 | – | 2003 | |
| 11 | Ways + Means | 1 | #53 | – | 2004 | |
| 12 | Fort Hood | 2 | #63 | – | 2008 | |
| 13 | Unsingable Name | 1 | #543 | – | – | |
| 14 | Looking At The World Through The Bottom Of A Well | 1 | #484 | – | – | |
| 15 | I Hear The Bells | 1 | #725 | – | – | |
| 16 | The Idiot Kings | 1 | #73 | – | 2013 | |
| 17 | Look At The World From The Bottom of A Well | 1 | #80 | – | 2005 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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Songs by other artists credited with Mike Doughty as a guest.
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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