Artist · chart history
The Delgados
Band Motherwell United Kingdom Active 1995–2005
The Delgados formed in 1995 in Motherwell, United Kingdom and was active until 2005. The Delgados has 14 chart appearances on 7 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1996–2004. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Pull The Wires From The Wall”, which appears on 3 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted The Delgados most often is John Peel (BBC Radio 1), with 14 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2000.
The Delgados were a Scottish indie band with two voices up front and no interest in playing it safe. Alun Woodward and Emma Pollock both sang and played guitar, swapping the lead between them, while Stewart Henderson held down the bass and Paul Savage played drums, and they put their records out on Chemikal Underground.
Domestiques, in 1996, got them moving with the ragged charge of "Under Canvas Under Wraps", and Peloton in 1998, home of "Pull The Wires From The Wall", "Everything Goes Around The Water" and "The Actress", is where the melodies really started to bloom. The Great Eastern followed in 2000, a rich haul that took in "No Danger", "American Trilogy", "Accused Of Stealing" and "Witness", then Hate in 2002 with "Coming In From The Cold".
Universal Audio, in 2004, brought "Everybody Come Down" and "I Fought The Angels", and it turned out to be the last word: the Delgados called it a day in 2005.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Delgados on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pull The Wires From The Wall | 3 | #1 | 1 | 1998 | |
| 2 | Under Canvas Under Wraps | 1 | #3 | – | 1996 | |
| 3 | Everybody Come Down | 1 | #6 | – | 2004 | |
| 4 | Everything Goes Around The Water | 1 | #9 | – | 1998 | |
| 5 | No Danger | 1 | #9 | – | 2000 | |
| 6 | American Trilogy | 1 | #10 | – | 2000 | |
| 7 | Accused Of Stealing | 1 | #14 | – | 2000 | |
| 8 | Mr Blue Sky | 1 | #29 | – | 2002 | |
| 9 | I Fought The Angels | 1 | #32 | – | 2004 | |
| 10 | The Actress | 1 | #38 | – | 1998 | |
| 11 | Witness | 1 | #38 | – | 2000 | |
| 12 | Coming In From The Cold | 1 | #44 | – | 2002 |
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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