Artist · chart history
Orwells
Band Chicago United States Formed 2009
Orwells formed in 2009 in Chicago, United States. Orwells has 11 chart appearances on 11 radio countdowns from 10 stations on RockLists, spanning 2014–2017. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “They Put A Body In The Bayou”, which appears on 5 lists with a best position of #43. The station that charted Orwells most often is 102.7 WEQX (Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2017.
The Orwells came out of Elmhurst, just west of Chicago, a garage-punk gang formed in 2009 with Mario Cuomo on vocals, Dominic Corso on guitar and Grant and Henry Brinner on bass and drums. They played rock and roll like it was still dangerous: sloppy, snotty and loud, with Cuomo slurring and howling like the whole thing might fall apart at any second.
"Who Needs You" is the song they are known for, a bratty, full-throttle anthem of shrugging defiance. They played it on the Late Show with David Letterman, it turned up in Grand Theft Auto V and it soundtracked an Apple ad for the iPad Air 2. It anchors Disgraceland, their 2014 album on Atlantic.
Their earlier "The Righteous One" comes from 2010's Oh! Well, and by 2017's Terrible Human Beings they had grown darker and swampier: "They Put a Body in the Bayou" is a lurching, murky thing that sounds like it was dragged up out of the mud.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Orwells on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They Put A Body In The Bayou | 5 | #43 | – | 2017 | |
| 2 | Who Needs You | 3 | #43 | – | 2014 | |
| 3 | The Righteous One | 3 | #33 | – | 2014 |
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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