Artist · chart history
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Band United Kingdom
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians formed in the United Kingdom. Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians has 62 chart appearances on 38 radio countdowns from 10 stations on RockLists, spanning 1988–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Balloon Man”, which appears on 29 lists with a best position of #23. The station that charted Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 35 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1991.
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians set up shop in 1984, with Hitchcock out front and Roger Jackson, Andy Metcalfe and Morris Windsor around him, and they spent the rest of the decade making some of the most gloriously oddball guitar pop to come out of Britain.
Fegmania! arrived in 1985, home of the deadpan-titled "My Wife and My Dead Wife", and if the title alone doesn't tell you what kind of songwriter Hitchcock is, nothing will. Globe of Frogs followed in 1988 and handed them their calling card, the chiming, sing-along "Balloon Man". Perspex Island, in 1991, kept the jangle bright with "So You Think You're In Love".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
Songs by Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balloon Man | 29 | #23 | – | 1988 | |
| 2 | So You Think You're In Love | 25 | #28 | – | 1991 | |
| 3 | Globe of Frogs | 7 | #852 | – | – | |
| 4 | The Freeze | 1 | #348 | – | – |
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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