Artist · chart history
Shiny Toy Guns
Band Los Angeles United States Formed 2002
Shiny Toy Guns formed in 2002 in Los Angeles, United States. Shiny Toy Guns has 56 chart appearances on 37 radio countdowns from 19 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2014. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Le Disko”, which appears on 19 lists with a best position of #20. The station that charted Shiny Toy Guns most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 18 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2007.
Shiny Toy Guns came together in Los Angeles in 2002, a band built around guitarist and singer Chad Petree and keyboard-and-bass man Jeremy Dawson, and they spent the next few years polishing a glossy, pulsing update of new wave for the dance floor and the alternative dial at once. Original singer Ursula Vari gave way in 2004 to Carah Faye Charnow, and Mike Martin came in on drums the same year.
We Are Pilots was their calling card, a shimmering, synth-soaked debut that put 3 singles into the top 30 of the Alternative Songs chart and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Electronic/Dance Album. "Le Disko" thumps like a strobe light made flesh, and "Rainy Monday" shows the moodier side.
Season of Poison followed in 2008 with "Ricochet" and "Ghost Town" and 2 more top-30 alternative singles. Charnow left that year, and Sisely Treasure fronted the band until 2010. Charnow was back in the fold by 2011, and the band has carried on with Petree, Dawson and Martin still aboard.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Shiny Toy Guns on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le Disko | 19 | #20 | – | 2006 | |
| 2 | You Are the One | 14 | #6 | – | 2007 | |
| 3 | Ricochet | 5 | #20 | – | 2008 | |
| 4 | Ghost Town | 10 | #32 | – | 2009 | |
| 5 | Major Tom (Coming Home) | 1 | #31 | – | 2010 | |
| 6 | Rainy Monday | 5 | #76 | – | 2007 | |
| 7 | I Owe You a Love Song | 1 | #78 | – | 2008 | |
| 8 | Somewhere to Hide | 1 | #87 | – | 2012 |
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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