Artist · chart history
The Fire Theft
Band Seattle United States Active 2001–2004
The Fire Theft formed in 2001 in Seattle, United States and was active until 2004. The Fire Theft has 7 chart appearances on 7 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 2003–2005. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Heaven”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #60. The station that charted The Fire Theft most often is WBER (Rochester, NY), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2004.
The Fire Theft came together in Seattle in 2001, and it was practically a Sunny Day Real Estate reunion under a new name: Jeremy Enigk on vocals and guitar, Nate Mendel on bass and William Goldsmith on drums, three-quarters of that band's original lineup, with only guitarist Dan Hoerner missing. Mendel was also holding down the bass in Foo Fighters, the band Goldsmith had drummed for between 1995 and 1997.
Rykodisc put out their self-titled album in 2003, and it swings for the rafters: Enigk's voice soaring over lush, sweeping arrangements on "Chain" and "Heaven", heartache blown up to cinemascope size. The band went on hiatus in 2004 and never announced a breakup, which leaves the door open, if only just.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Fire Theft 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 60 (tie) | Heaven | WBER Listener Countdown 2005 |
| 2004 | 86 | Heaven | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2004 |
| 2004 | 94 | Chain | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004 |
| 2004 | 49 | Chain | The End Top 77 Songs of 2004 |
| 2004 | 99 | Chain | 99X Essential 99 of 2004 |
| 2004 | 76 | Chain | WIRS Top 107 Songs of 2004 |
| 2003 | 62 (tie) | It's Over | WBER Listener Countdown 2003 |
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