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Ranking Roger
Solo artist Birmingham United Kingdom
Ranking Roger is an artist from Birmingham. Ranking Roger has 3 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 1988–1989. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “So Excited”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #63. The station that charted Ranking Roger most often is KROQ (Los Angeles, CA), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1988.
Ranking Roger, born Roger Charlery in 1963, was one of the voices of the Beat, the ska band known in North America as the English Beat. His stage name borrowed a boast common among reggae MCs, short for "top-ranking" or "high-ranking", and he sang like a man who meant it, working the ska rhythms with swagger to spare.
After the Beat he moved on to the new wave band General Public, and in 1988 he stepped out on his own with Radical Departure on I.R.S. Records. "So Excited" does what the title promises, a buoyant, skanking pop song with a bright hook and Roger's voice riding high over the groove.
He later fronted a reformed Beat lineup, and he died in 2019.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Ranking Roger on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So Excited | 3 | #63 | – | 1988 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 500 | So Excited | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) |
| 1988 | 63 | So Excited | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 |
| 1988 | 63 | So Excited | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988 |
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