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The Dresden Dolls
Band Boston United States Formed 2000
The Dresden Dolls formed in 2000 in Boston, United States. The Dresden Dolls has 33 chart appearances on 28 radio countdowns from 13 stations on RockLists, spanning 2004–2022. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Coin-Operated Boy”, which appears on 21 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted The Dresden Dolls most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 13 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2005.
The Dresden Dolls formed in Boston in 2000, just two people making the racket of a whole cabaret: Amanda Palmer on vocals and piano, plus keyboards, harmonica and ukulele when needed, and Brian Viglione on drums and backing vocals, with the occasional detour to guitar or bass. Palmer coined their own label, "Brechtian punk cabaret", partly out of fear that the press would stick them with something gothic, and it fits: this is theatrical, dark, witty and loud, piano hammered like a drum and drums played like a lead instrument.
The self-titled debut, in 2003, delivered "Coin-Operated Boy", a wind-up music-box number that bursts into manic life, and "Girl Anachronism", a frantic, clattering rush. Yes, Virginia..., in 2006, sharpened the attack with "Backstabber" and softened it with the swelling, communal "Sing".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Dresden Dolls on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coin-Operated Boy | 21 | #1 | 1 | 2005 | |
| 2 | Sing | 6 | #62 | – | 2006 | |
| 3 | Girl Anachronism | 4 | #25 | – | 2005 | |
| 4 | Backstabber | 1 | #46 | – | 2006 |
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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