Artist · chart history
Ocean Alley
Band Sydney Formed 2010
Ocean Alley formed in 2010 in Sydney. Ocean Alley has 23 chart appearances on 11 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2017–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Confidence”, which appears on 3 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted Ocean Alley most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 23 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2018.
Ocean Alley come from Sydney's Northern Beaches, and they sound like it: loose-limbed, sun-baked psychedelic rock with a reggae sway in its hips. Baden Donegal sings and plays guitar, Angus Goodwin takes the leads, Mitch Galbraith adds more guitar, Lach Galbraith plays keys and sings, Nic Blom holds down the bass and Tom O'Brien drums, and they have put out their records independently.
Chiaroscuro, their second album, arrived in 2018 and entered the ARIA chart at 15, and it's where the band's lazy grooves and slow-burning guitar solos came into full bloom on "Confidence" and "Knees". In the Hottest 100 of 2018, "Confidence" went all the way to number one on triple j's countdown, with their hazy, grinning cover of Player's "Baby Come Back" and "Knees" also in the mix.
Lonely Diamond followed in 2020 with "Tombstone" and "Infinity", then Low Altitude Living and "Touch Back Down" in 2022, and Love Balloon in 2025, led by "Tangerine" and the title track. Along the way they have also taken a swing at a Pink Floyd medley stitching together "Breathe", "Comfortably Numb" and "Money".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Ocean Alley on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Confidence | 3 | #1 | 1 | 2018 | |
| 2 | Baby Come Back (originally by Player) | 1 | #3 | – | – | |
| 3 | Knees | 1 | #10 | – | 2018 | |
| 4 | Tombstone | 1 | #14 | – | 2020 | |
| 5 | Tangerine | 1 | #15 | – | 2024 | |
| 6 | Baby Come Back (Like a Version) | 1 | #16 | – | 2018 | |
| 7 | Love Balloon | 1 | #17 | – | 2025 | |
| 8 | Touch Back Down | 1 | #20 | – | 2021 | |
| 9 | Breathe (In the Air)/Comfortably Numb/Money (originally by Pink Floyd) | 1 | #24 | – | – | |
| 10 | Infinity | 1 | #24 | – | 2019 | |
| 11 | First Blush | 1 | #43 | – | 2025 | |
| 12 | Drenched | 1 | #44 | – | 2025 | |
| 13 | The Comedown | 1 | #48 | – | 2017 | |
| 14 | Breathe / Comfortably Numb / Money (Like a Version) | 1 | #54 | – | 2021 | |
| 15 | Stained Glass | 1 | #54 | – | 2019 | |
| 16 | Deepest Darkness | 1 | #56 | – | 2022 | |
| 17 | Double Vision | 1 | #59 | – | 2022 | |
| 18 | Home | 1 | #62 | – | 2022 | |
| 19 | Way Down | 1 | #72 | – | 2020 | |
| 20 | Left of the Dealer | 1 | #87 | – | 2025 | |
| 21 | Happy Sad | 1 | #100 | – | 2018 |
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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