Artist · chart history
The Cribs
Band Wakefield United Kingdom Formed 2001 British indie rock band
The Cribs formed in 2001 in Wakefield, United Kingdom. The Cribs has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 2010–2013. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “We Share The Same Skies”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #46. The station that charted The Cribs most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2010.
The Cribs are three brothers from Wakefield, West Yorkshire: twins Gary and Ryan Jarman, with Ryan singing lead and playing guitar, and their younger brother Ross. They hit the gig circuit in 2002, and the British press promptly lumped them in with the Libertines and other homegrown bands as a scrappy answer to the wave of American alternative rock. They had shaken that tag off by the time their third album became a commercial hit.
Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever, in 2007, gave them "Men's Needs", a wiry, yelping, gloriously ramshackle punk-pop single. Then came a twist nobody could have scripted: former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr joined as an official member in 2008, and on Ignore the Ignorant in 2009 you can hear his chiming, intricate playing lift "We Share the Same Skies" into something warmer and wider. Marr stayed until 2011.
They were called the biggest cult band in the UK in 2008, and in 2012, their tenth anniversary year, they picked up a Spirit of Independence award and then an Outstanding Contribution to Music award. As of 2017 their last four albums had all made the UK Top 10. Wichita Recordings has been their label.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Cribs on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We Share The Same Skies | 1 | #46 | – | 2010 | |
| 2 | Men's Needs | 1 | #50 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 50 | Men's Needs | BBC 6 Music 100 Best Tracks Of The Last 10 Years |
| 2010 | 46 | We Share The Same Skies | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 |
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