Artist · chart history
The Bravery
Band New York United States Active 2003–2011
The Bravery formed in 2003 in New York, United States and was active until 2011. The Bravery has 118 chart appearances on 86 radio countdowns from 39 stations on RockLists, spanning 2005–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “An Honest Mistake”, which appears on 34 lists with a best position of #3. The station that charted The Bravery most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 25 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2005.
The Bravery came out of New York City in 2003 with sharp-edged post-punk you could dance to. Sam Endicott sang, Michael Zakarin played guitar, John Conway worked the keyboards, and Mike Hindert on bass and Anthony Burulcich on drums kept the tempo high. Island Records signed them, and their self-titled debut in 2005 brought "An Honest Mistake", a nervy, synth-lit charge that made the top 10 in Britain, and "Unconditional" behind it.
The Sun and the Moon, in 2007, gave them "Time Won't Let Me Go" and "Believe", the one that went gold, and a remixed edition, The Sun and the Moon Complete, followed. Stir the Blood came in 2009 with the slinky "Slow Poison", and an online live album, Live at the Wiltern Theater, capped the run in 2010.
After that the band went quiet, and Endicott confirmed an indefinite hiatus in April 2014. It wasn't the end: in July 2021 the band's website announced The Bravery were back.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Bravery on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Honest Mistake | 34 | #3 | – | 2005 | |
| 2 | Believe | 32 | #2 | – | 2008 | |
| 3 | Time Won't Let Me Go | 19 | #13 | – | 2007 | |
| 4 | Unconditional | 13 | #22 | – | 2005 | |
| 5 | Slow Poison | 15 | #44 | – | 2009 | |
| 6 | Hateful | 3 | #44 | – | 2010 | |
| 7 | Ours | 1 | #56 | – | 2010 | |
| 8 | Swollen Summer | 1 | #665 | – | – |
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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