Artist · chart history
Republica
Band Windsor United Kingdom Formed 1994 UK alternative rock band
Republica formed in 1994 in Windsor, United Kingdom. Republica has 42 chart appearances on 41 radio countdowns from 19 stations on RockLists, spanning 1996–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Ready To Go”, which appears on 40 lists with a best position of #26. The station that charted Republica most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 14 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1996.
Republica came roaring out of Windsor in 1994 with a sound they called, with a straight face, punk rock played as techno pop, and for once the label on the tin was accurate. Saffron did the singing and the snarling out front, with Tim Dorney, Johnny Male, Andy Todd, Pete Riley and Dave Barbarossa behind her, and together they welded rave-floor synth pulses to guitars that wanted a fight.
Their self-titled debut arrived in 1996, and "Ready to Go" was the calling card: a pumping, fist-in-the-air rush that sounded equally at home in a club or a mosh pit. "Drop Dead Gorgeous" came from the same record, all sneer and sparkle. Their moment in the spotlight ran from 1996 to 1999.
The band went quiet in 2001 and came back together in 2008, though by now Saffron is the last one standing from the original lineup.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Republica on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ready To Go | 40 | #26 | – | 1996 | |
| 2 | Drop Dead Gorgeous | 2 | #88 | – | 1997 |
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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