Artist · chart history
Sparkadia
Band Sydney Australia Formed 2004
Sparkadia formed in 2004 in Sydney, Australia. Sparkadia has 4 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2008–2011. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Talking Like I'm Falling Down Stairs”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #24. The station that charted Sparkadia most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2011.
Sparkadia started life in Sydney in 2004 as The Spark, the brainchild of singer and guitarist Alexander Burnett and drummer Dave Hall. By 2006 the lineup had filled out with Nick Rabone on bass and Josephine Ayling on keyboards, guitar and vocals, and when Ayling left in 2008 Tiffany Preece stepped in on guitar and vocals. That same year the first album, Postcards, arrived with "Jealousy" on board.
Then the band shrank to one man. By 2009 Sparkadia was Burnett's solo project, and The Great Impression, released in 2011, sounds like a songwriter with the whole canvas to himself: bigger, glossier, swinging for the rafters with a showman's confidence. "Talking Like I'm Falling Down Stairs" is the pick of it, all tumbling momentum and a hook that won't let go, while "Mary" and "China" show the same knack for widescreen alternative rock.
Sparkadia made only two albums, but the second proved Burnett didn't need a band behind him to sound like one.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Sparkadia on radio countdowns
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.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 47 | Mary | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011 |
| 2011 | 56 | China | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011 |
| 2010 | 24 | Talking Like I'm Falling Down Stairs | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010 |
| 2008 | 79 | Jealousy | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 |
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