Artist · chart history
Splashdown
Band Active 1996–2001
Splashdown formed in 1996 and was active until 2001. Splashdown has 7 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 1999–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Ironspy”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #5. The station that charted Splashdown most often is WBER (Rochester, NY), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2000.
Splashdown came together in Allston, Massachusetts, in 1996, a pop rock outfit built around Melissa R. Kaplan, Kasson Crooker and Adam Buhler, and they had a knack for tunes that glide in sleek and a little chilly, hooks polished until they shine. Their 1998 EP Halfworld carried "Ironspy", a slinky, glossy piece of work that sounds made for late nights and headphones as much as for the airwaves.
The run was short. The band called it quits in 2001, and there's a neat bit of hometown symmetry to the exit: their final gig was the release party for Freezepop's debut CD, on February 2 that year. The story got a quiet postscript more than two decades on, when one last single, "Metamorphosis", turned up on streaming and download services on November 21, 2023.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Splashdown on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ironspy | 3 | #5 | – | 1999 | |
| 2 | Mayan Pilot | 1 | #4 | – | 2000 | |
| 3 | A Charming Spell | 1 | #19 | – | 2000 | |
| 4 | Nomadic | 1 | #31 | – | 2024 | |
| 5 | Metamorphosis | 1 | #53 | – | 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31 | Nomadic | WBER Listener Countdown 2024 |
| 2024 | 53 | Metamorphosis | WBER Listener Countdown 2024 |
| 2001 | 451 | Ironspy | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) |
| 2000 | 4 | Mayan Pilot | WBER Listener Countdown 2000 |
| 2000 | 19 (tie) | A Charming Spell | WBER Listener Countdown 2000 |
| 2000 | 453 | Ironspy | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) |
| 1999 | 5 | Ironspy | WBER Listener Countdown 1999 |
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