Artist · chart history · #188 in alternative artist polls
Nine Days
Band Long Island United States Formed 1994
Nine Days formed in 1994 in Long Island, United States. Nine Days has 8 chart appearances on 8 radio countdowns from 8 stations on RockLists, spanning 2000–2020. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Absolutely (Story of a Girl)”, which appears on 7 lists with a best position of #42. The station that charted Nine Days most often is WLIR / WDRE (Long Island, NY), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2000.
Nine Days spent the '90s doing it the hard way. John Hampson and Brian Desveaux started the band in 1994 in St. James, a hamlet in Suffolk County on Long Island, and put out three albums on their own before the majors paid any attention. The Madding Crowd, their big-league debut, finally arrived in 2000.
"Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" was the hit, a bright, sugar-rush slice of pop rock with a chorus you could hum after one spin, and it's the song that carried a band of Long Island lifers into the mainstream. It sits squarely in the alternative-meets-pop lane Nine Days called home: guitars with the edges polished off, hooks up front, no brooding required.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Nine Days on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Absolutely (Story of a Girl) | 7 | #42 | – | 2000 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 368 | Absolutely (Story of a Girl) | The DC101 Top 500 |
| 2002 | 37 | Artist ranking | WLIR Top 92 Artists of All-Time (September 2002) |
| 2000 | 80 | Absolutely (Story of a Girl) | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000 |
| 2000 | 58 | Absolutely (Story of a Girl) | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2000 |
| 2000 | 42 | Absolutely (Story of a Girl) | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2000 |
| 2000 | 59 | Absolutely (Story of a Girl) | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2000 |
| 2000 | 42 | Absolutely (Story of a Girl) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2000 |
| 2000 | 43 | Absolutely (Story of a Girl) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2000 |
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