Artist · chart history
The D4
Band Auckland New Zealand Active 1998–2006
The D4 formed in 1998 in Auckland, New Zealand and was active until 2006. The D4 has 3 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2002–2003. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Get Loose”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #47. The station that charted The D4 most often is John Peel (BBC Radio 1), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2003.
Auckland's The D4 were a garage-rock gang built for sweaty rooms, and their 2001 album 6Twenty bottled the noise, with "Get Loose" stomping out of it like it had somewhere better to be. Singers and guitarists Dion Palmer and Jimmy Christmas got it going in late 1998, pulling in English Jake and Rich Mixture to make a four-piece and cutting their teeth at the Frisbee Leisure Lounge parties on Symonds Street before moving on to the pubs in the middle of town.
Flying Nun put out their first EP in 1999, with "Girl" and "Come On!" on it. Vaughn on bass and Beaver on drums joined later, and the band hit the road hard: the Big Day Out, SXSW in Austin, and a UK tour opening for the Hives. Hollywood Records handled them in the States and Infectious in Britain.
In May 2006, after eight years, word came that they were taking an indefinite break. The members scattered into other bands, Christmas starting Luger Boa and Palmer moving to New York, where he formed the True Lovers and picked up the bass in A Place to Bury Strangers.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The D4 on radio countdowns
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 69 | Get Loose | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003 |
| 2003 | 100 | Get Loose | Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2003 |
| 2002 | 47 | Get Loose | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2002 |
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