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Neko Case
Solo artist Alexandria United States
Neko Case is an artist from Alexandria. Neko Case has 127 chart appearances on 62 radio countdowns from 20 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Hold On Hold On”, which appears on 19 lists with a best position of #3. The station that charted Neko Case most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 36 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2009.
Neko Case, born in Alexandria in 1970, has a voice critics keep describing in terms of weather and weaponry: a gale, a blowtorch, the kind of instrument that could flatten a city block. She splits her time between her own records and the Canadian indie rock crew the New Pornographers, and she has sung with The Corn Sisters too.
Her solo work refuses to sit in one box, pulling from country and folk as readily as from art rock, indie rock and pop, and her lyrics are cryptic, image-heavy puzzles that reward a second and third listen. Blacklisted, in 2002, gave the countdowns "Deep Red Bells", and Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, in 2006, brought "Hold On Hold On" and "Star Witness", the sound of a big voice rattling around a haunted room. Middle Cyclone followed in 2009, The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You in 2013, Hell-On in 2018 and Neon Grey Midnight Green in 2025.
Critics also credit her as a key figure in the 21st-century revival of the tenor guitar in American music.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Neko Case on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hold On Hold On | 19 | #3 | – | – | |
| 2 | The Tornado Loves You | 21 | #5 | – | 2009 | |
| 3 | Bad Luck | 12 | #21 | – | 2018 | |
| 4 | People Got A Lotta Nerve | 13 | #8 | – | 2009 | |
| 5 | Star Witness | 11 | #100 | – | – | |
| 6 | Wreck | 11 | #3 | – | 2025 | |
| 7 | Man | 7 | #17 | – | 2013 | |
| 8 | Deep Red Bells | 5 | #160 | – | – | |
| 9 | Last Lion of Albion | 7 | #42 | – | 2018 | |
| 10 | Night Still Comes | 2 | #16 | – | 2013 | |
| 11 | Hold On | 1 | #85 | – | – | |
| 12 | If You Knew | 1 | #347 | – | – | |
| 13 | That's Who I Am | 1 | #41 | – | 2013 | |
| 14 | City Swans | 2 | #43 | – | 2014 | |
| 15 | Halls of Sarah | 1 | #44 | – | 2018 | |
| 16 | I Wish I Was The Moon | 2 | #569 | – | – | |
| 17 | Train From Kansas City | 1 | #434 | – | – | |
| 18 | Bowling Green | 1 | #469 | – | – | |
| 19 | Buckets Of Rain | 1 | #579 | – | – | |
| 20 | Things That Scare Me | 1 | #538 | – | – | |
| 21 | Curse of the I-5 Corridor | 1 | #67 | – | 2018 | |
| 22 | That Teenage Feeling | 1 | #654 | – | – | |
| 23 | Middle Cyclone | 1 | #68 | – | 2009 | |
| 24 | Oh, Shadowless | 1 | #814 | – | – | |
| 25 | Thrice All American | 1 | #685 | – | – | |
| 26 | Hex | 1 | #880 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Featured on
Songs by other artists credited with Neko Case 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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