Artist · chart history
Stars of Track & Field
Band Portland United States Active 2003–2011 Portland indie rock band
Stars of Track & Field formed in 2003 in Portland, United States and was active until 2011. Stars of Track & Field has 3 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2007. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Moves of Antarctica”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #95. The station that charted Stars of Track & Field most often is 107.7 The End (Seattle, WA), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2007.
Stars of Track and Field took their name from a Belle and Sebastian song on If You're Feeling Sinister, which tells you something about the kind of band they were: a Portland, Oregon, trio with a soft spot for melody and a weakness for big, swooning atmosphere. Active from 2003 to 2011, they made songs that swell and recede like weather fronts.
"Moves of Antarctica" is a good example: cool, glassy and quietly insistent, a song that sounds like it's gliding across ice. Their third album, Centuries Before Love and War, went up on the iTunes Store in August 2006 before a physical release in January 2007. A Time for Lions followed in September 2009, led by the single "Racing Lights", and that fall they toured with Lights.
Television found them too. "End Of All Time" played on an episode of Grey's Anatomy in November 2009, several of their songs turned up on Greek, and on Rock and a Hard Place, a DirecTV competition that Meat Loaf presented, they squared off against country act Lonestar with former AC/DC drummer Chris Slade behind the kit.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Stars of Track & Field on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moves of Antarctica | 2 | #95 | – | 2007 | |
| 2 | With You | 1 | #117 | – | 2007 |
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 95 | Moves of Antarctica | The End Top 107 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 117 (tie) | With You | WBER Listener Countdown 2007 |
| 2007 | 1809 | Moves of Antarctica | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) |
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