Artist · chart history
Sloan
Band Halifax Canada Formed 1992 Canadian power pop band
Sloan formed in 1992 in Halifax, Canada. Sloan has 50 chart appearances on 25 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 1992–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Money City Maniacs”, which appears on 6 lists with a best position of #33. The station that charted Sloan most often is CFNY 102.1 The Edge (Toronto, ON), with 36 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2003.
Sloan came out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and they did something almost no band manages: they stayed the same band. Chris Murphy, Patrick Pentland, Jay Ferguson and Andrew Scott have never changed the lineup, and all four write songs and all four sing them, which makes every Sloan record a round-robin of Beatles hooks, Cheap Trick crunch and sly, knowing wit.
The Peppermint EP, in 1992, brought "Underwhelmed", fuzzed-out and deadpan. Twice Removed, in 1994, cleaned up the noise for the sweet, smart pop of "Coax Me" and "People of the Sky", and One Chord to Another, in 1996, went full-on retro, all jangling guitars and harmonies, with "The Good in Everyone" and "Everything You've Done Wrong". Navy Blues, in 1998, cranked the amps up for "Money City Maniacs", and Between the Bridges, in 1999, brought "Losing California".
They've kept at it ever since, with Action Pact, Never Hear the End of It and Parallel Play, 14 albums in all, 9 Juno nominations and one win, for Alternative Album of the Year. They're based in Toronto these days, but the Halifax heart still beats.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Sloan on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Money City Maniacs | 6 | #33 | – | – | |
| 2 | The Good In Everyone | 6 | #45 | – | – | |
| 3 | Underwhelmed | 5 | #47 | – | 1992 | |
| 4 | Losing California | 5 | #33 | – | – | |
| 5 | The Rest of My Life | 2 | #20 | – | 2003 | |
| 6 | Coax Me | 4 | #105 | – | – | |
| 7 | Believe in Me | 2 | #30 | – | 2008 | |
| 8 | Everything You've Done Wrong | 3 | #75 | – | – | |
| 9 | All Used Up | 2 | #45 | – | 2005 | |
| 10 | Who Taught You To Live Like That | 2 | #61 | – | 2006 | |
| 11 | People of the Sky | 2 | #187 | – | – | |
| 12 | Unkind | 2 | #44 | – | 2011 | |
| 13 | Live On | 2 | #74 | – | 2004 | |
| 14 | Deeper Than Beauty | 1 | #651 | – | – | |
| 15 | Ill Placed Trust | 1 | #97 | – | 2007 | |
| 16 | The Lines You Amend | 1 | #191 | – | – | |
| 17 | The Other Man | 1 | #192 | – | – | |
| 18 | Nothing Lasts Forever | 1 | #100 | – | 2004 | |
| 19 | So Far Down | 1 | #87 | – | 2025 | |
| 20 | Nice Work If You Can Get It | 1 | #88 | – | 2023 |
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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