Artist · chart history
The Beloved
Band Cambridge United Kingdom Formed 1983 UK electronic
The Beloved formed in 1983 in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The Beloved has 13 chart appearances on 10 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 1985–2003. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Hello”, which appears on 5 lists with a best position of #66. The station that charted The Beloved most often is CFNY 102.1 The Edge (Toronto, ON), with 6 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1990.
The Beloved began in 1983 as a post-punk indie band, jangling along with the rest of them, and then late in the decade they did something much more interesting: they followed the beat into house music and the dance floor, and found themselves with hits in Britain and beyond. Jon Marsh was the one constant, with Steve Waddington, Guy Gausden and Tim Harvard in the earlier lineup and Helena Marsh coming aboard in 1992.
The early singles, "A Hundred Words" and "Loving Feeling", caught the ear of the countdowns first, but Happiness, in 1990, is the record that defines them: sunny, blissed-out alternative dance with "Hello", "Your Love Takes Me Higher", "The Sun Rising" and "Time After Time", all floating on soft synths and grooves built for the comedown hours. There was even a "Muffin Mix" of "Time After Time".
Conscience, released in 1993, delivered "Sweet Harmony", a gentle, glowing track that fits right alongside "Satellite" among their best-known singles.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Beloved on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hello | 5 | #66 | – | 1990 | |
| 2 | Loving Feeling | 1 | #77 | – | – | |
| 3 | Time After Time | 1 | #337 | – | – | |
| 4 | Sweet Harmony | 2 | #1104 | – | – | |
| 5 | Time After Time (Muffin Mix) | 1 | #54 | – | 1990 | |
| 6 | A Hundred Words | 1 | #34 | – | 1985 | |
| 7 | Your Love Takes Me Higher | 1 | #870 | – | – | |
| 8 | The Sun Rising | 1 | #886 | – | – |
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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