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Rilo Kiley
Band Los Angeles United States Active 1998–2011
Rilo Kiley formed in 1998 in Los Angeles, United States and was active until 2011. Rilo Kiley has 55 chart appearances on 39 radio countdowns from 17 stations on RockLists, spanning 2004–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Portions For Foxes”, which appears on 22 lists with a best position of #27. The station that charted Rilo Kiley most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 15 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2005.
Rilo Kiley came together in Los Angeles in 1998, with Jenny Lewis singing and playing guitar alongside Blake Sennett, Pierre de Reeder and Jason Boesel. They started on Barsuk Records, the independent label out of Seattle, which put out their debut album Take-Offs and Landings in 2001, and they kept at it the indie way, with three more studio albums and a run of EPs.
More Adventurous, in 2004, is where Lewis's voice really came into focus, sweet on the surface and sharp as a tack underneath. "Portions for Foxes" is the one that stuck, a jittery, sore-hearted rocker that bites as hard as it hooks, and "I Never" slows things down into a smoky ballad.
In 2007 Warner Bros. signed them, and Under the Blacklight was their major-label debut: glossier, slinkier and more knowing, trading bedroom indie for late-night disco sheen and vintage soft-rock gleam on "Silver Lining", "The Moneymaker", "Dreamworld" and "Breakin' Up".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Rilo Kiley on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portions For Foxes | 22 | #27 | – | 2005 | |
| 2 | Silver Lining | 17 | #27 | – | 2007 | |
| 3 | It's A Hit | 3 | #165 | – | 2004 | |
| 4 | The Moneymaker | 5 | #66 | – | 2007 | |
| 5 | Let Me Back In | 1 | #56 | – | 2013 | |
| 6 | Dreamworld | 3 | #86 | – | 2007 | |
| 7 | I Never | 1 | #597 | – | – | |
| 8 | Breakin' Up | 2 | #713 | – | – |
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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