Artist · chart history
The Fratellis
Band Glasgow United Kingdom Formed 2005 Scottish rock band
The Fratellis formed in 2005 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. The Fratellis has 40 chart appearances on 26 radio countdowns from 13 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Flathead”, which appears on 18 lists with a best position of #9. The station that charted The Fratellis most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 16 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2007.
The Fratellis are three unrelated Glasgow lads, together since 2005, who perform under a shared fake surname: Jon Fratelli singing and playing guitar, Barry Fratelli on bass and Mince Fratelli on drums. What they make is a glorious racket, garage rock and knees-up folk-punk with terrace-chant choruses built for thousands of voices at once.
Costello Music, their 2006 debut, is packed with singles: "Henrietta", "Chelsea Dagger", "Whistle for the Choir", "Baby Fratelli" and "Ole Black 'n' Blue Eyes". "Chelsea Dagger" is a barroom stomper made for bellowing along, "Whistle for the Choir" the sweet, boozy comedown, and "Flathead" the kind of rattling sing-along that sticks for days. It went to number two in the UK and won them the Brit Award for British Breakthrough Act in 2007.
Here We Stand followed in 2008 before a hiatus. They came back in 2013 with We Need Medicine, which didn't catch on, but Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied, In Your Own Sweet Time and Half Drunk Under a Full Moon all went top five in their native Scotland.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Fratellis on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flathead | 18 | #9 | – | 2007 | |
| 2 | Chelsea Dagger | 17 | #4 | – | 2007 | |
| 3 | Whistle for the Choir | 3 | #50 | – | 2007 | |
| 4 | Baby Don't You Lie to Me! | 1 | #29 | – | 2015 | |
| 5 | Mistress Mabel | 1 | #44 | – | 2008 |
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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