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The Chameleons

Band Middleton United Kingdom Active 1981–2003

The Chameleons formed in 1981 in Middleton, United Kingdom and was active until 2003. The Chameleons has 20 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 1982–2003. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Tears”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #45. The station that charted The Chameleons most often is Fred (XM 44) (XM Satellite Radio (national)), with 16 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1983.

20appearances

5countdowns

13songs charted

3stations

0#1 finishes

1982–2003years

Songs by The Chameleons on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Tears	176	2	#45	–	–
2	Swamp Thing	176	3	#282	–	–
3	Soul in Isolation	147	2	#502	–	–
4	Up the Down Escalator	131	3	#456	–	–
5	Second Skin	94	2	#31	–	1983
6	John, I'm Only Dancing	39	1	#1252	–	–
7	Here Today	29	1	#1448	–	–
8	As High as You Can Go	20	1	#1629	–	–
9	In Shreds	18	1	#42	–	1982
10	Mad Jack	15	1	#1738	–	–
11	Pleasure and Pain	11	1	#1829	–	–
12	A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere	3	1	#1991	–	–
13	Childhood	2	1	#2007	–	–

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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Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2003	282	Swamp Thing	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	445	Tears	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	502	Soul in Isolation	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	941	Second Skin	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1203	Up the Down Escalator	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1252	John, I'm Only Dancing	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1448	Here Today	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1629	As High as You Can Go	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1738	Mad Jack	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1829	Pleasure and Pain	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1991	A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	2007	Childhood	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002	45	Tears	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	456	Up the Down Escalator	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	578	Soul in Isolation	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	690	Swamp Thing	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
1999	763	Swamp Thing	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1999	876	Up the Down Escalator	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1983	31	Second Skin	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1983
1982	42	In Shreds	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1982