Artist · chart history
Phosphorescent
Band Athens United States Formed 2001 US singer‐songwriter Matthew Houck
Phosphorescent formed in 2001 in Athens, United States. Phosphorescent has 45 chart appearances on 35 radio countdowns from 14 stations on RockLists, spanning 2013–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Song for Zula”, which appears on 21 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted Phosphorescent most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 9 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2013.
Phosphorescent is the name Matthew Houck has recorded under since 2001, when the Huntsville, Alabama, native started making music in Athens, Georgia. He has since moved to Nashville, and his songs have a loose, shambling, half-country warmth.
Muchacho arrived in 2013 on Dead Oceans. "Song for Zula" is a slow, aching, synth-shimmering lament, his cracked voice floating over a pulse that sounds like a heartbeat in an empty room, and "Ride On / Right On" slinks along on a loopy, strutting groove. C'est la vie, in 2018, found him warmer still, with "New Birth in New England" bouncing along like a sunny road trip. Revelator followed in 2024, its title track as tender and weathered as anything he has made.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Phosphorescent on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Song for Zula | 21 | #1 | 1 | 2013 | |
| 2 | New Birth in New England | 10 | #6 | – | 2018 | |
| 3 | Ride On / Right On | 6 | #9 | – | 2013 | |
| 4 | C'est La Vie No 2 | 2 | #142 | – | – | |
| 5 | Revelator | 4 | #4 | – | 2024 | |
| 6 | Los Angeles | 1 | #326 | – | – | |
| 7 | Ya Hey | 1 | #100 | – | 2013 |
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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