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Sleater-Kinney
Band Olympia United States Formed 1994
Sleater-Kinney formed in 1994 in Olympia, United States. Sleater-Kinney has 63 chart appearances on 51 radio countdowns from 18 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Worry With You”, which appears on 11 lists with a best position of #21. The station that charted Sleater-Kinney most often is WBER (Rochester, NY), with 8 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2021.
Sleater-Kinney came out of Olympia, Washington, and the riot grrrl movement with a feminist, progressive streak that runs through every record. Corin Tucker's voice is a siren, a vibrato-laced wail that can peel paint, and Carrie Brownstein answers with wiry guitar and her own cool, cutting vocals. Janet Weiss joined on drums in 1996 and gave them the engine they needed.
Dig Me Out, in 1997, is where it clicked: "Dig Me Out", "One More Hour" and "Turn It On" are tangled, urgent, thrillingly lopsided punk. One Beat, in 2002, got bigger and more expansive with "Sympathy" and the title track, and The Woods, in 2005, went for broke, all blown-out guitars and heavy classic-rock thunder on "Entertain", "Jumpers" and "The Fox". Then they stopped, in 2006, and went off to solo projects.
The 2014 reunion brought No Cities to Love, with "A New Wave" and "Bury Our Friends" snapping back to life as if no time had passed. Weiss left in 2019 after The Center Won't Hold, and Path of Wellness in 2021 found Tucker and Brownstein looser and warmer, with "Worry With You" riding an easy, rolling groove. Little Rope followed in 2024. Greil Marcus called them America's best rock band back in 2001, and they have rarely given anyone reason to argue.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Sleater-Kinney on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worry With You | 11 | #21 | – | 2021 | |
| 2 | Dig Me Out | 4 | #134 | – | – | |
| 3 | Say It Like You Mean It | 5 | #42 | – | 2024 | |
| 4 | Entertain | 4 | #50 | – | 2005 | |
| 5 | A New Wave | 2 | #14 | – | 2015 | |
| 6 | Modern Girl | 4 | #427 | – | – | |
| 7 | One More Hour | 3 | #260 | – | – | |
| 8 | No Cities To Love | 1 | #9 | – | 2015 | |
| 9 | Oh! | 2 | #73 | – | 2002 | |
| 10 | Bury Our Friends | 3 | #64 | – | 2015 | |
| 11 | You're No Rock & Roll Fun | 5 | #459 | – | – | |
| 12 | Can I Go On | 3 | #72 | – | 2019 | |
| 13 | Sympathy | 1 | #317 | – | – | |
| 14 | Jumpers | 1 | #280 | – | – | |
| 15 | Down The Line | 1 | #50 | – | 2022 | |
| 16 | The Future is Here | 1 | #45 | – | 2019 | |
| 17 | The Fox | 1 | #384 | – | – | |
| 18 | One Beat | 1 | #403 | – | – | |
| 19 | Get Up | 1 | #537 | – | – | |
| 20 | Turn It On | 1 | #611 | – | – | |
| 21 | The Center Won't Hold | 1 | #64 | – | 2019 | |
| 22 | Hurry On Home | 2 | #85 | – | 2019 | |
| 23 | Hell | 2 | #80 | – | 2023 | |
| 24 | Wilderness | 1 | #799 | – | – | |
| 25 | Method | 1 | #97 | – | 2022 |
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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