Artist · chart history
San Cisco
Band Fremantle Australia Formed 2009 Australian indie pop band
San Cisco formed in 2009 in Fremantle, Australia. San Cisco has 23 chart appearances on 18 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 2011–2023. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Awkward”, which appears on 7 lists with a best position of #7. The station that charted San Cisco most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 14 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2013.
San Cisco came together in Fremantle in 2009, a trio of Jordi Davieson on guitar and lead vocals, Josh Biondillo on guitar and vocals and Scarlett Stevens on drums and vocals, with Davieson and Biondillo splitting the keyboards. Albert Productions signed them in November 2011, and they moved to Island Records for their debut album.
That self-titled record arrived in 2012, and it is sunny, wiry indie pop, all skipping rhythms and shared vocals. "Awkward" was the breakthrough, "Fred Astaire" and "Wild Things" kept the charm offensive rolling, and at the 2013 ARIA Music Awards the album picked up nominations for Best Independent Release and Best Dance Release, while the Andrew Nowrojee-directed "Fred Astaire" video was up for Best Video.
Gracetown followed in 2015 with "Run" and "Too Much Time Together", The Water in 2017 with "Hey, Did I Do You Wrong?", and Between You and Me in 2020 with "On the Line", alongside the Flaws EP and "Reasons". Their Like a Version cover of "Get Lucky" and their take on Clairo's "4ever" showed how easily they slip other people's songs into their own sunny groove.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by San Cisco on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awkward | 7 | #7 | – | 2013 | |
| 2 | Fred Astaire | 4 | #36 | – | 2013 | |
| 3 | Run | 2 | #33 | – | 2014 | |
| 4 | Reasons | 1 | #31 | – | 2020 | |
| 5 | Get Lucky (originally by Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams) | 1 | #35 | – | – | |
| 6 | Get Lucky (Like a Version) | 1 | #39 | – | 2013 | |
| 7 | When I Dream | 1 | #48 | – | 2018 | |
| 8 | Too Much Time Together | 1 | #49 | – | 2015 | |
| 9 | 4ever (originally by Clairo) | 1 | #52 | – | – | |
| 10 | Wild Things | 1 | #53 | – | 2012 | |
| 11 | On the Line | 1 | #56 | – | 2020 | |
| 12 | Hey, Did I Do You Wrong? | 1 | #79 | – | 2017 | |
| 13 | Skin | 1 | #97 | – | 2019 |
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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