Artist · chart history
Royal Blood
Band Worthing United Kingdom Formed 2013 Brighton UK two piece rock band
Royal Blood formed in 2013 in Worthing, United Kingdom. Royal Blood has 55 chart appearances on 42 radio countdowns from 18 stations on RockLists, spanning 2014–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “I Only Lie When I Love You”, which appears on 10 lists with a best position of #10. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted Royal Blood most often is The Buzz (Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC), with 10 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2017.
Royal Blood are 2 people making the noise of four. Mike Kerr sings and plays a bass guitar fed through so many pedals and amps that it sounds like a bass and an electric guitar at once, and Ben Thatcher hits the drums like he's settling a score. That trick is the whole secret, and it is a thrilling one: riffs that are fat, fuzzy and heavy as a brick, with nobody on stage who seems to be making them.
"Little Monster", first heard on the Out of the Black EP, and "Figure It Out" set the template on the self-titled debut in 2014: blues-rock swagger stripped to the bone, hooks you can feel in your chest. How Did We Get So Dark? in 2017 kept up the pressure with "Lights Out" and "I Only Lie When I Love You", and Typhoons, in 2021, leaned toward the dance floor, with the title track and "Trouble's Coming" strutting on a tighter, groovier pulse without losing an ounce of heft. Back to the Water Below followed in 2023, with Dead Company due in 2026.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Royal Blood on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Only Lie When I Love You | 10 | #10 | – | 2017 | |
| 2 | Lights Out | 7 | #4 | – | 2017 | |
| 3 | Figure It Out | 11 | #9 | – | 2014 | |
| 4 | Trouble's Coming | 7 | #1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| 5 | Little Monster | 5 | #6 | – | 2015 | |
| 6 | Typhoons | 5 | #12 | – | 2021 | |
| 7 | Hole in Your Heart | 3 | #50 | – | 2018 | |
| 8 | Pull Me Through | 1 | #26 | – | 2023 | |
| 9 | Ten Ton Skeleton | 1 | #15 | – | 2015 | |
| 10 | Out Of The Black | 3 | #23 | – | 2014 | |
| 11 | Shiner In The Dark | 1 | #50 | – | 2023 | |
| 12 | Tell Me When It's Too Late | 1 | #71 | – | 2024 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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Songs by other artists credited with Royal Blood as a guest.
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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