Artist · chart history
Sunflower Bean
Band Manhattan United States Formed 2013
Sunflower Bean formed in 2013 in Manhattan, United States. Sunflower Bean has 18 chart appearances on 17 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 2016–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Come For Me”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #6. The station that charted Sunflower Bean most often is WFUV (New York, NY), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2018.
Sunflower Bean came together in New York in 2013: Julia Cumming singing lead and playing bass, Nick Kivlen on guitar and backing vocals, and Olive Faber on drums. They treat rock history like a thrift store, pulling out psychedelic haze, post-punk bite and plain old indie guitar noise, and trying it all on at once.
Human Ceremony, their 2016 debut on Fat Possum, was dreamy and restless, and "Easier Said" floated on a lighter-than-air jangle. Twentytwo in Blue in 2018 sharpened everything up; the title track and "I Was a Fool" have a warm, vintage glow, with Kivlen's harmonies curling around Cumming's lead. The King of the Dudes EP of 2019 turned the amps back up for "Come For Me", and Headful of Sugar in 2022 went glittery and wide-eyed with "Baby Don't Cry" and "Who Put You Up to This?".
They haven't stopped moving: Mortal Primetime arrived in April 2025, another turn for a band that seems allergic to standing still.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Sunflower Bean on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Come For Me | 4 | #6 | – | 2019 | |
| 2 | Moment in the Sun | 3 | #5 | – | 2020 | |
| 3 | Baby Don't Cry | 2 | #20 | – | 2021 | |
| 4 | Twentytwo | 1 | #8 | – | 2018 | |
| 5 | Easier Said | 3 | #33 | – | 2016 | |
| 6 | I Was a Fool | 1 | #16 | – | 2018 | |
| 7 | Crisis Fest | 2 | #76 | – | 2018 | |
| 8 | Champagne Taste | 1 | #149 | – | 2025 | |
| 9 | Who Put You Up to This? | 1 | #89 | – | 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.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 515 | Come For Me | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound |
| 2025 | 149 | Champagne Taste | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2025 |
| 2022 | 89 | Who Put You Up to This? | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2022 |
| 2021 | 20 | Baby Don't Cry | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2021 |
| 2021 | 56 | Baby Don't Cry | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2021 |
| 2020 | 5 | Moment in the Sun | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2020 |
| 2020 | 72 | Moment in the Sun | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2020 |
| 2020 | 76 | Moment in the Sun | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2020 |
| 2019 | 6 | Come For Me | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2019 |
| 2019 | 18 | Come For Me | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2019 |
| 2018 | 8 | Twentytwo | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2018 |
| 2018 | 16 | I Was a Fool | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2018 |
| 2018 | 76 | Crisis Fest | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2018 |
| 2018 | 82 | Come For Me | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2018 |
| 2018 | 98 | Crisis Fest | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2018 |
| 2016 | 33 | Easier Said | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2016 |
| 2016 | 85 | Easier Said | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2016 |
| 2016 | 87 | Easier Said | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2016 |
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