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Thao and the Get Down Stay Down
Band Falls Church United States Formed 2003
Thao and the Get Down Stay Down formed in 2003 in Falls Church, United States. Thao and the Get Down Stay Down has 17 chart appearances on 16 radio countdowns from 8 stations on RockLists, spanning 2009–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Holy Roller”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #32. The station that charted Thao and the Get Down Stay Down most often is WTMD (Baltimore, MD), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2013.
Thao and the Get Down Stay Down started in Falls Church, Virginia, in 2003 and later moved west to San Francisco, an alternative folk rock outfit built around Thao Nguyen, who sang lead and played guitar. Over the years the band around her shifted: Frank Stewart played lead guitar and handled production, Willis Thompson played drums, and by the end it was down to Nguyen and Adam Thompson on bass, keyboards and backing vocals.
Their catalog runs to five studio albums, beginning with We Brave Bee Stings and All in 2008 and Know Better Learn Faster in 2009. Their label was Kill Rock Stars, and We the Common, from 2013, is where rock radio caught on, with the title song, "We the Common (For Valerie Bolden)", and "Holy Roller". A Man Alive followed in 2016 and Temple in 2020, and the We the Common songs were still turning up on countdowns in 2025.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Thao and the Get Down Stay Down on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holy Roller | 3 | #32 | – | 2013 | |
| 2 | Nobody Dies | 2 | #418 | – | – | |
| 3 | We the Common (For Valerie Bolden) | 4 | #36 | – | 2013 | |
| 4 | We The Common | 2 | #39 | – | 2013 | |
| 5 | Temple | 3 | #86 | – | 2020 | |
| 6 | Know Better Learn Faster | 1 | #26 | – | 2009 | |
| 7 | Bag Of Hammers | 1 | #346 | – | – | |
| 8 | When We Swam | 1 | #68 | – | 2009 |
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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