Artist · chart history

The Connells

Band Raleigh United States Formed 1984

The Connells formed in 1984 in Raleigh, United States. The Connells has 52 chart appearances on 25 radio countdowns from 9 stations on RockLists, spanning 1993–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Stone Cold Yesterday”, which appears on 14 lists with a best position of #282. The station that charted The Connells most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 28 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2002.

52appearances

25countdowns

8songs charted

9stations

0#1 finishes

1993–2026years

The Connells came out of Raleigh in 1984 with a sound built on chiming guitars and melodies that stick like humidity, a Southern jangle-pop band whose songs look inward and backward at once, at the history and the everyday texture of the American South. The lineup of David Connell, Mike Connell, Doug MacMillan, Steve Potak and George Huntley made the kind of records that reward a second spin more than a first.

Fun & Games arrived on TVT in 1989, and One Simple Word followed in 1990 with "Stone Cold Yesterday", all bright guitar and wistful drift, and the tougher "Get A Gun". Ring, in 1993, delivered "Slackjawed" and "'74 - 75", the song that became their calling card. It turned into a number one in Norway and Sweden in 1995 and went top 10 across 11 European countries, proof that a quiet song can travel further than a loud one.

At home they scored 3 top-10 alternative hits. They have released little since 2001, but they never officially broke up, and they still turn up on stage now and then.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by The Connells on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Stone Cold Yesterday	781	14	#282	–	–
2	Get A Gun	567	7	#379	–	–
3	'74 - 75	472	13	#287	–	–
4	Slackjawed	392	13	#51	–	1993
5	Washington	66	1	#78	–	2002
6	Over There	46	1	#461	–	–
7	Something To Say	44	2	#1427	–	–
8	Scotty's Lament	19	1	#692	–	–

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.

93 02

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2026	672	'74 - 75	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound
2024	927	Stone Cold Yesterday	WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years
2023	820	Stone Cold Yesterday	WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023
2023	461	Over There	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s
2023	692	Scotty's Lament	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s
2022	364	Stone Cold Yesterday	The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2022	655	'74 - 75	The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2006	287	'74 - 75	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006)
2005	282	Stone Cold Yesterday	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	386	Get A Gun	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	1090	'74 - 75	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	1241	Slackjawed	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	403	'74 - 75	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	780	'74 - 75	99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2004	282	Stone Cold Yesterday	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	384	Get A Gun	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	1090	'74 - 75	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	1240	Slackjawed	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	468	'74 - 75	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	282	Stone Cold Yesterday	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	384	Get A Gun	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	1090	'74 - 75	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	1240	Slackjawed	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	1222	Stone Cold Yesterday	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1462	Slackjawed	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1728	Something To Say	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002	78 (tie)	Washington	WBER Listener Countdown 2002
2002	282	Stone Cold Yesterday	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	384	Get A Gun	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	1105	'74 - 75	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	1255	Slackjawed	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	1427	Something To Say	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	1779	Stone Cold Yesterday	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	1978	Slackjawed	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001	435	Stone Cold Yesterday	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)
2001	282	Stone Cold Yesterday	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	384	Get A Gun	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	1106	'74 - 75	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	1256	Slackjawed	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000	435	Stone Cold Yesterday	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)
2000	318	Stone Cold Yesterday	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	379	Get A Gun	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	1100	'74 - 75	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	1249	Slackjawed	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999	462	Slackjawed	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999)
1999	318	Stone Cold Yesterday	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	379	Get A Gun	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	1098	'74 - 75	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	1249	Slackjawed	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1996	409	Slackjawed	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996)
1994	405	Slackjawed	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994)
1993	51	Slackjawed	Live 105 Top 105 Songs of 1993

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