Artist · chart history
Pendulum
Band Perth Australia Formed 2002 Australian drum & bass
Pendulum formed in 2002 in Perth, Australia. Pendulum has 17 chart appearances on 16 radio countdowns from 9 stations on RockLists, spanning 1997–2011. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Propane Nightmares”, which appears on 11 lists with a best position of #13. The station that charted Pendulum most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2008.
Pendulum came out of Perth, Western Australia, in 2002, when Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen and Paul "El Hornet" Harding decided that drum and bass could hit as hard as any guitar band, and then went ahead and added the guitars anyway. Swire handles the lead vocals and synths, Harding the turntables, and the lineup later grew to take in Ben Mount, guitarist Peredur ap Gwynedd and drummer KJ Sawka.
Hold Your Colour, the 2005 debut, was mostly straight drum and bass, all rolling breakbeats and bass that could loosen your fillings, and critics liked it. "Tarantula" is the pick. By In Silico in 2008 they were pushing into industrial and electronic rock, and "Propane Nightmares" is the sound of a rave crashing into an arena rock show. Immersion followed in 2010 with "Watercolour" and "Witchcraft", bigger, brighter and even more willing to throw everything at the wall.
In 2012 they went quiet while Swire and McGrillen chased their side project Knife Party. They reformed in 2015, put out the remix set The Reworks in 2018, and came back with the EPs Elemental in 2021 and Anima in 2023 before a fourth album, Inertia, in 2025.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Pendulum on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Propane Nightmares | 11 | #13 | – | 2008 | |
| 2 | The Other Side | 1 | #14 | – | 2010 | |
| 3 | Coma | 1 | #32 | – | 1997 | |
| 4 | Witchcraft | 1 | #48 | – | 2010 | |
| 5 | Salt In The Wounds | 1 | #64 | – | 2011 | |
| 6 | Watercolour | 1 | #69 | – | 2010 | |
| 7 | Tarantula | 1 | #88 | – | 2006 |
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.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 64 (tie) | Salt In The Wounds | WBER Listener Countdown 2011 |
| 2010 | 14 (tie) | The Other Side | WBER Listener Countdown 2010 |
| 2010 | 48 | Witchcraft | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010 |
| 2010 | 69 | Watercolour | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010 |
| 2009 | 61 | Propane Nightmares | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2009 |
| 2009 | 13 | Propane Nightmares | WBER Listener Countdown 2009 |
| 2009 | 47 | Propane Nightmares | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2009 |
| 2008 | 81 | Propane Nightmares | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2008 |
| 2008 | 85 | Propane Nightmares | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2008 |
| 2008 | 31 | Propane Nightmares | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2008 |
| 2008 | 38 | Propane Nightmares | WBER Listener Countdown 2008 |
| 2008 | 51 | Propane Nightmares | KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2008 |
| 2008 | 64 | Propane Nightmares | 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2008 |
| 2008 | 80 | Propane Nightmares | KSLG Top 94 of 2008 |
| 2008 | 92 | Propane Nightmares | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 |
| 2006 | 88 | Tarantula | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006 |
| 1997 | 32 | Coma | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1997 |
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