Artist · chart history
Perfume Genius
Solo artist Des Moines United States US singer-songwriter Mike Hadreas
Perfume Genius is an artist from Des Moines. Perfume Genius has 13 chart appearances on 12 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 2014–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “On The Floor”, which appears on 6 lists with a best position of #38. The station that charted Perfume Genius most often is The Current (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2020.
Perfume Genius is Michael Alden Hadreas, born on September 25, 1981, and from Des Moines, and his records are some of the most fearless in indie pop. He's a piano player at heart, but the music reaches out into pop and rock with all kinds of moods and textures, from fragile ballads to huge, glittering bursts of noise. His songs have taken on sexuality, his own struggles with Crohn's disease, domestic abuse and the danger gay men still face just walking through the world.
Too Bright, released on Matador in 2014, bares its teeth: "Queen" is a swaggering, defiant strut, all menace and glamour. Set My Heart on Fire Immediately in 2020 went even bigger and more physical, with "On the Floor" a woozy, twitchy dance-pop crush and "Jason" something tender and hushed. His videos have been just as bold, and one of them won a Libera Award for Video of the Year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Perfume Genius on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On The Floor | 6 | #38 | – | 2020 | |
| 2 | It's a Mirror | 2 | #67 | – | 2025 | |
| 3 | Eye In The Wall | 1 | #46 | – | 2022 | |
| 4 | Queen | 2 | #85 | – | 2014 | |
| 5 | Jason | 1 | #66 | – | 2020 | |
| 6 | Slip Away | 1 | #78 | – | 2017 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Featured on
Songs by other artists credited with Perfume Genius as a guest.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | It's a Mirror | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2025 |
| 2025 | 130 | It's a Mirror | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2025 |
| 2025 | 701 | Queen | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now |
| 2022 | 46 | Eye In The Wall | Impact 89FM Top 89 Songs of 2022 |
| 2020 | 38 | On The Floor | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2020 |
| 2020 | 51 | On The Floor | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2020 |
| 2020 | 58 | On The Floor | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2020 |
| 2020 | 66 | Jason | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2020 |
| 2020 | 80 | On The Floor | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2020 |
| 2020 | 84 | On The Floor | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2020 |
| 2020 | 98 | On The Floor | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2020 |
| 2017 | 78 | Slip Away | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2017 |
| 2014 | 85 | Queen | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2014 |
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