Artist · chart history
Mike Ness
Solo artist Lynn
Mike Ness is an artist from Lynn. Mike Ness has 20 chart appearances on 15 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 1999–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Don't Think Twice”, which appears on 14 lists with a best position of #35. The station that charted Mike Ness most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 11 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1999.
Mike Ness, born in 1962, had been singing, playing lead guitar and writing the songs for Social Distortion for most of two decades when he stepped out on his own in 1999. The band had been going since 1978, and his solo turn showed where his roots ran: into country and old-fashioned rock and roll.
Cheating at Solitaire, released on Time Bomb Recordings, dials down the snarl without losing the grit. "Don't Think Twice" and "Charmed Life" swing and twang where Social Distortion would have roared, and his voice, gravel and bruises and all, sounds right at home.
He put out a second solo album, Under the Influences, the same year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Mike Ness on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don't Think Twice | 14 | #35 | – | 1999 | |
| 2 | Charmed Life | 6 | #99 | – | 1999 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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