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P.M. Dawn

Band Jersey City United States Active 1988–2016

P.M. Dawn formed in 1988 in Jersey City, United States and was active until 2016. P.M. Dawn has 12 chart appearances on 12 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 1994–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #103. The station that charted P.M. Dawn most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1994.

12appearances

12countdowns

3songs charted

6stations

0#1 finishes

1994–2025years

P.M. Dawn were Jersey City brothers Attrell Cordes, known as Prince Be, and Jarrett Cordes, known as DJ Minutemix, and from 1988 on they made hip-hop that floated when everyone else was stomping. Their debut single, "Ode to a Forgetful Mind", came that year, and their long-titled debut album arrived in 1991 to raves and big sales on the back of "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss", a dreamy, soul-soaked reverie that owed as much to vintage R&B and pop as to the beat.

The Bliss Album...? kept the acclaim coming in 1993 with "I'd Die Without You" and "Looking Through Patient Eyes", and that same year they cut "You Got Me Floatin'" for Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix. Jesus Wept, in 1995, was darker and more searching, with "Downtown Venus" among its highlights; it and the next album earned strong reviews despite poor sales.

Diabetes complications sidelined Prince Be from 2005, when a cousin, Doc G, took over the name and Minutemix left the group. Prince Be died of kidney disease in 2016.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by P.M. Dawn on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Set Adrift on Memory Bliss	242	4	#103	–	–
2	Downtown Venus	201	7	#1419	–	–
3	You Got Me Floatin'	26	1	#75	–	1994

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2025	306	Set Adrift on Memory Bliss	WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s
2023	619	Set Adrift on Memory Bliss	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2022	149	Set Adrift on Memory Bliss	The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2021	103	Set Adrift on Memory Bliss	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2005	1419	Downtown Venus	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004	1420	Downtown Venus	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	1420	Downtown Venus	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002	1434	Downtown Venus	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2001	1436	Downtown Venus	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000	1435	Downtown Venus	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999	1435	Downtown Venus	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1994	75	You Got Me Floatin'	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994

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