Artist · chart history
The Blue Stones
Band Windsor Canada Formed 2011 Canadian alternative blues rock
The Blue Stones formed in 2011 in Windsor, Canada. The Blue Stones has 7 chart appearances on 7 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 2018–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Shakin' Off the Rust”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #22. The station that charted The Blue Stones most often is 98KUPD (Phoenix, AZ), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2020.
The Blue Stones are just two guys from Windsor, Ontario, playing blues rock loud enough to pass for a much bigger band. Tarek Jafar handles lead vocals, guitar, bass and piano, and Justin Tessier covers percussion and backing vocals; together they make fuzzed-out, stomping rock with a big backbeat. They started in 2011, and Black Holes, their 2015 debut, carried "Be My Fire", a swaggering, riff-first cut.
The record got a second life in 2018: they signed with Entertainment One that August, reissued Black Holes that October and took the Be My Fire Tour across the States. A Juno nomination for Breakthrough Group of the Year followed in 2020. For Hidden Gems, out in March 2021, they brought in Mutemath frontman Paul Meany to co-write and produce, and the ten-song set came preceded by "Shakin' Off The Rust", "Grim", "Careless", "Let It Ride" and "Spirit".
Pretty Monster, in November 2022, sharpened the hooks and thickened the sound, and "Don't Miss" led the way to radio; the album was up for Rock Album of the Year at the 2024 Junos. Metro, their fourth album, followed in March 2025.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Blue Stones on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shakin' Off the Rust | 1 | #22 | – | 2020 | |
| 2 | Black Holes Solid Ground | 3 | #80 | – | 2018 | |
| 3 | Be My Fire | 1 | #36 | – | 2019 | |
| 4 | Don't Miss | 1 | #21 | – | 2022 | |
| 5 | Come Apart | 1 | #84 | – | 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84 | Come Apart | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2025 |
| 2022 | 21 | Don't Miss | 102.1 The Edge The Top 22 of 2022 |
| 2020 | 22 | Shakin' Off the Rust | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2020 |
| 2019 | 36 | Be My Fire | CD101 Top 50 Songs of 2019 |
| 2018 | 80 | Black Holes Solid Ground | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2018 |
| 2018 | 87 | Black Holes Solid Ground | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2018 |
| 2018 | 94 | Black Holes Solid Ground | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2018 |
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