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Placebo

Band London Formed 1994 UK alternative rock band

Placebo formed in 1994 in London. Placebo has 74 chart appearances on 53 radio countdowns from 18 stations on RockLists, spanning 1996–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Pure Morning”, which appears on 32 lists with a best position of #41. The station that charted Placebo most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 26 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2006.

74appearances

53countdowns

21songs charted

18stations

0#1 finishes

1996–2026years

Songs by Placebo on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Pure Morning	1,072	32	#41	–	1998
2	Infra-Red	664	12	#8	–	2006
3	Meds	195	5	#25	–	2006
4	Every You Every Me	162	3	#5	–	1999
5	Song To Say Goodbye	122	2	#7	–	2006
6	For What It's Worth	122	2	#11	–	2009
7	Too Many Friends	85	1	#7	–	2013
8	The Bitter End	71	1	#30	–	2003
9	Special K	69	1	#32	–	2001
10	Running Up That Hill	64	2	#66	–	2007
11	Taste In Men	62	1	#39	–	2000
12	Slave To The Wage	54	1	#47	–	2000
13	English Summer Rain	48	1	#53	–	2004
14	Nancy Boy	36	1	#65	–	–
15	Broken Promise	24	1	#82	–	2007
16	Teenage Angst	24	1	#39	–	1996
17	You Don't Care About Us	14	1	#87	–	1999
18	Special Needs	6	1	#95	–	2003
19	Twenty Years	6	1	#95	–	2004
20	20Th Century Boy	3	3	#1976	–	–
21	Beautiful James	3	1	#107	–	2022

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.

96 98 99 00 01 03 04 06 07 09 13 22

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2026	753	Pure Morning	KXT 917 Song Countdown
2025	65	Nancy Boy	Absolute Radio 100 Ultimate Britpop Anthems
2025	76	Pure Morning	Absolute Radio 100 Ultimate Britpop Anthems
2023	262	Pure Morning	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2022	107	Beautiful James	Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2022
2014	332	Pure Morning	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2014	1100	Infra-Red	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013	7	Too Many Friends	Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2013
2013	336	Pure Morning	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013	1045	Infra-Red	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013	53	Every You Every Me	Triple J Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years (2013)
2011	335	Pure Morning	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011	992	Infra-Red	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010	339	Pure Morning	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010	961	Infra-Red	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009	42	For What It's Worth	91X Top 91 Songs of 2009
2009	11	For What It's Worth	Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2009
2009	341	Pure Morning	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	931	Infra-Red	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	2005	20Th Century Boy	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	83	Every You Every Me	Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (2009)
2008	338	Pure Morning	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008	901	Infra-Red	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008	1976	20Th Century Boy	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007	66	Running Up That Hill	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2007
2007	82	Broken Promise	The End Top 107 Songs of 2007
2007	35	Meds	Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2007
2007	345	Pure Morning	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007	699	Infra-Red	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007	1846	Meds	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007	1990	20Th Century Boy	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2006	83	Meds	91X Top 91 Songs of 2006
2006	46	Meds	The End Top 107 Songs of 2006
2006	59	Infra-Red	The End Top 107 Songs of 2006
2006	9	Infra-Red	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006
2006	40	Infra-Red	Y100 Top 88.5 Songs of 2006
2006	7	Song To Say Goodbye	Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2006
2006	8	Infra-Red	Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2006
2006	25	Meds	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006
2006	59	Song To Say Goodbye	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006
2006	78	Infra-Red	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006
2006	497	Pure Morning	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006)
2005	487	Pure Morning	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005)
2005	1678	Pure Morning	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004	53	English Summer Rain	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004
2004	95	Twenty Years	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004
2004	485	Pure Morning	The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004)
2004	1680	Pure Morning	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	30	The Bitter End	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2003
2003	72	Running Up That Hill	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2003
2003	95	Special Needs	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2003
2003	499	Pure Morning	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003)
2003	1680	Pure Morning	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002	1914	Pure Morning	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2001	32	Special K	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001
2001	1929	Pure Morning	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000	39	Taste In Men	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2000
2000	47	Slave To The Wage	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2000
2000	1931	Pure Morning	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999	70	Pure Morning	K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999
1999	47	Pure Morning	WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999
1999	5	Every You Every Me	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999
1999	87	You Don't Care About Us	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999
1999	89	Pure Morning	Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999
1999	832	Pure Morning	Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	1020	Pure Morning	The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	1944	Pure Morning	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	881	Pure Morning	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1998	75	Pure Morning	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1998
1998	65	Pure Morning	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998
1998	86	Pure Morning	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998
1998	72	Pure Morning	The End Top 107 Songs of 1998
1998	41	Pure Morning	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998
1996	39	Teenage Angst	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1996