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Paul Weller
Solo artist Sheerwater United Kingdom English singer‐songwriter and musician
Paul Weller is an artist from Sheerwater. Paul Weller has 37 chart appearances on 27 radio countdowns from 15 stations on RockLists, spanning 1992–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Wildwood”, which appears on 6 lists with a best position of #4. The station that charted Paul Weller most often is Virgin Radio (United Kingdom), with 18 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1992.
Paul Weller had already lived two pop lives by the time he went solo in the early '90s. Born John William Weller in 1958, he was the guitarist, singer and chief songwriter of the Jam, alongside Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler, and the principal figure of the late-'70s mod revival, writing about English working-class life with a sharp eye. When the Jam split at the end of 1982, he formed the Style Council with Mick Talbot and chased pop, jazz, soul, hip hop and folk until that band broke up in 1989.
The solo years started slow and built steadily. Paul Weller (1992), with "Uh Huh Oh Yeh", got him back on his feet; Wild Wood (1993) went earthier and more reflective, the title track "Wildwood" and "Sunflower" leading the way; and Stanley Road (1995) turned the dial up with "The Changing Man", "Broken Stones" and the slow-burning "You Do Something to Me".
By then he was the Modfather, an influence on Britpop bands like Oasis, and he has kept going well past that, with As Is Now (2005) delivering "From The Floorboards Up". Along the way he has collected four Brit Awards, including Best British Male three times and Outstanding Contribution to Music in 2006.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Paul Weller on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wildwood | 6 | #4 | – | 1993 | |
| 2 | You Do Something to Me | 5 | #90 | – | – | |
| 3 | Broken Stones | 5 | #43 | – | – | |
| 4 | On Sunset | 3 | #79 | – | – | |
| 5 | Uh Huh Oh Yeh | 3 | #43 | – | 1992 | |
| 6 | Sunflower | 4 | #397 | – | – | |
| 7 | The Changing Man | 4 | #4 | – | 1995 | |
| 8 | No Tears To Cry | 1 | #14 | – | 2010 | |
| 9 | Where There's Smoke, There's Fire | 1 | #28 | – | 2025 | |
| 10 | Saturns Pattern | 1 | #727 | – | – | |
| 11 | From The Floorboards Up | 1 | #90 | – | – | |
| 12 | Have You Made Up Your Mind | 1 | #96 | – | 2008 |
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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