Artist · chart history
Polica
Band Minneapolis United States Formed 2011 US indie pop band
Polica formed in 2011 in Minneapolis, United States. Polica has 31 chart appearances on 24 radio countdowns from 8 stations on RockLists, spanning 2012–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Dark Star”, which appears on 10 lists with a best position of #12. The station that charted Polica most often is The Current (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN), with 9 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2012.
Poliça are a Minneapolis band formed in 2011, built around Channy Leaneagh's voice and synths, Chris Bierden's bass and not one but two drummers, Drew Christopherson and Ben Ivascu, with Ryan Olson shaping the sound in the studio as producer. The result is pop music that feels like it's been left out in the cold: Leaneagh's vocals drifting over a double-barreled rhythm section that hits like a machine but grooves like a band.
Their debut, Give You the Ghost, is still a wonder of mood, with "Wandering Star", "Dark Star" and "Amongster" coasting on cool, rubbery basslines and that ghostly voice. Shulamith in 2013 got tougher and more pointed with "Chain My Name" and "Tiff", and United Crushers in 2016 brought "Wedding", all three released on Mom + Pop.
They moved to Transgressive for Music for the Long Emergency in 2018, then to Memphis Industries for When We Stay Alive in 2020, which carried "Forget Me Now", and Madness in 2022. Their seventh album, Dreams Go, came out in October 2025, and they still take the show on the road around the world.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Polica on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dark Star | 10 | #12 | – | 2012 | |
| 2 | Wandering Star | 4 | #16 | – | 2012 | |
| 3 | Dreams Go | 2 | #11 | – | 2025 | |
| 4 | Chain My Name | 3 | #36 | – | 2013 | |
| 5 | Very Cruel | 1 | #18 | – | 2014 | |
| 6 | Tiff | 2 | #72 | – | 2013 | |
| 7 | Matty | 1 | #64 | – | 2014 | |
| 8 | Alive | 1 | #49 | – | 2023 | |
| 9 | Wedding | 1 | #58 | – | 2016 | |
| 10 | Lime Habit | 2 | #71 | – | 2016 | |
| 11 | Away | 1 | #84 | – | 2022 | |
| 12 | Someway | 1 | #93 | – | 2016 | |
| 13 | Amongster | 1 | #72 | – | 2012 | |
| 14 | Forget Me Now | 1 | #88 | – | 2020 |
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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