Artist · chart history
Nothing But Thieves
Band Southend-on-Sea United Kingdom Formed 2012 English rock band
Nothing But Thieves formed in 2012 in Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom. Nothing But Thieves has 24 chart appearances on 21 radio countdowns from 11 stations on RockLists, spanning 2015–2023. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Trip Switch”, which appears on 9 lists with a best position of #2. The station that charted Nothing But Thieves most often is The Buzz (Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2016.
Nothing But Thieves formed in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in 2012, and from the start they had a secret weapon: Conor Mason's voice, a falsetto that soars into places most rock singers don't dare go. Around him are Joe Langridge-Brown on guitar, Dominic Craik on guitar and keys, Phil Blake on bass and James Price on drums, and together they swing between brooding atmosphere and hard-riffing muscle. People have compared them to Jeff Buckley, Muse, Royal Blood and Queens of the Stone Age, and you can hear bits of all of them.
They signed to RCA in 2014 and put out their self-titled debut in October 2015, with "Trip Switch" and "Wake Up Call" crackling with nervous energy. Broken Machine in 2017 was bigger and bolder, with "Amsterdam" and "Sorry", and it won wide praise and climbed to number 2 on the UK Albums Chart. Moral Panic followed in 2020 with "Real Love Song", then the Moral Panic II EP.
Dead Club City, in 2023, finally gave them a UK number-one album, with "Welcome to the DCC" leading a slicker, glossier sound. Along the way they also covered Gang of Youths' "What Can I Do If the Fire Goes Out?", and in 2022 put out "Life's Coming in Slow".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Nothing But Thieves on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trip Switch | 9 | #2 | – | 2016 | |
| 2 | Wake Up Call | 4 | #22 | – | 2016 | |
| 3 | Life's Coming in Slow | 1 | #6 | – | 2022 | |
| 4 | What Can I Do If the Fire Goes Out? (originally by Gang of Youths) | 1 | #33 | – | – | |
| 5 | Sorry | 2 | #57 | – | 2018 | |
| 6 | If I Get High | 1 | #47 | – | 2017 | |
| 7 | Overcome | 1 | #66 | – | 2023 | |
| 8 | Amsterdam | 1 | #70 | – | 2017 | |
| 9 | What Can I Do If the Fire Goes Out? (Like a Version) | 1 | #72 | – | 2018 | |
| 10 | Real Love Song | 1 | #68 | – | 2020 | |
| 11 | Forever And Evermore | 1 | #74 | – | 2018 | |
| 12 | Welcome to the DCC | 1 | #95 | – | 2023 |
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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