Artist · chart history
Plain White T's
Band Chicago United States Formed 1997
Plain White T's formed in 1997 in Chicago, United States. Plain White T's has 36 chart appearances on 33 radio countdowns from 21 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Hey There Delilah”, which appears on 18 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted Plain White T's most often is 88.3 The Sting (Cleveland, OH), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2007.
The Plain White T's started in 1997 as high school friends from Lombard, Illinois: Tom Higgenson, Dave Tirio and Ken Fletcher, with Steve Mast signing on soon after. For years they were an underground band in the truest sense, building a following in Chicago basements, clubs and bars with a scrappy pop rock sound that still carried some punk scuffs on its sneakers.
All That We Needed, in 2005, held the song that changed everything. "Hey There Delilah" is sweet and unhurried, the kind of tune that sounds like it was written alone in a bedroom late at night, and it went all the way to number one, went platinum in 2007 and picked up 2 Grammy nominations. Every Second Counts came right behind it with the cheerfully bitter "Hate (I Really Don't Like You)", proof that the band still had a bratty side.
The platinum records kept coming, with "1, 2, 3, 4" in 2009 and "Rhythm of Love" in 2011. Tirio left in 2020, leaving Higgenson as the last founding member standing.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Plain White T's on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hey There Delilah | 18 | #1 | 1 | 2007 | |
| 2 | Hate (I Really Don't Like You) | 9 | #34 | – | 2006 | |
| 3 | Natural Disaster | 3 | #20 | – | 2008 | |
| 4 | Our Time Now | 3 | #68 | – | 2008 | |
| 5 | Rhythm of Love | 1 | #58 | – | 2011 | |
| 6 | 1,2,3,4 | 1 | #79 | – | 2009 | |
| 7 | 1-2-3-4 I Love You | 1 | #88 | – | 2009 |
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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