Artist · chart history
Run the Jewels
Band United States Formed 2013
Run the Jewels formed in 2013 in the United States. Run the Jewels has 19 chart appearances on 11 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 2014–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “JU$T”, which appears on 5 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted Run the Jewels most often is The Current (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN), with 6 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2020.
Run the Jewels is the sound of two rappers discovering they are even better together than apart. El-P, a Brooklyn rapper and producer, makes the beats, huge, grinding, bass-heavy contraptions that sound like a factory running at full tilt, and he and Atlanta's Killer Mike trade verses over them like they're passing a lit fuse back and forth.
They formed in 2013 and signed with Fool's Gold to put out their self-titled debut that year, with its snarling title track. Run the Jewels 2 followed in 2014, with the menacing "Crown", and Run the Jewels 3 in 2016, with the swaggering "Legend Has It". Every one of them drew big praise from the critics.
RTJ4, in 2020, hit hardest of all. "JU$T" is a furious, rattling broadside with a hook that sticks like a burr, and "ooh la la" shows their looser, party-starting side. The indie world has kept handing them awards, including Libera Awards for Best Hip-Hop/Rap Record and Best Sync Usage.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Run the Jewels on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JU$T | 5 | #1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| 2 | ooh la la | 4 | #16 | – | 2020 | |
| 3 | Legend Has It | 2 | #58 | – | 2017 | |
| 4 | Ohh La La | 1 | #19 | – | 2020 | |
| 5 | Run The Jewels | 1 | #288 | – | – | |
| 6 | Crown | 1 | #40 | – | 2015 | |
| 7 | Yankees and The Braves Ep. 4 | 1 | #374 | – | – | |
| 8 | Nobody Speak | 1 | #54 | – | 2017 | |
| 9 | Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck) | 1 | #72 | – | 2014 | |
| 10 | out of sight | 1 | #93 | – | 2020 | |
| 11 | the ground below | 1 | #98 | – | 2021 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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Songs by other artists credited with Run the Jewels 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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