Artist · chart history
The Futureheads
Band Sunderland United Kingdom Formed 2000
The Futureheads formed in 2000 in Sunderland, United Kingdom. The Futureheads has 8 chart appearances on 8 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 2003–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Hounds Of Love”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #52. The station that charted The Futureheads most often is WFNX (Boston, MA), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2005.
The Futureheads, from Sunderland, formed in 2000 and borrowed their name from the Flaming Lips album Hit to Death in the Future Head. Their self-titled 2004 debut is a blast of wiry post-punk: Ross Millard and Barry Hyde on guitars and vocals, David "Jaff" Craig on bass and vocals, and Barry's brother Dave Hyde on drums. Three of them sing, sometimes all at once, trading barked shouts and choirboy harmonies like a gang of bored teenagers who've been locked in a practice room with the Gang of Four, Devo, XTC and Wire records.
"First Day" is a frantic, stop-start riot, "Decent Days And Nights" bounces like a rubber ball full of nervous energy, and "Hounds Of Love" is a yelping, stomping singalong. It's all angles and elbows, and it rarely sits still long enough to catch its breath.
The Chaos followed in 2010, and "Heartbeat Song" showed they could still pack a sugar rush of a chorus into a tight little package.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Futureheads on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hounds Of Love | 2 | #52 | – | – | |
| 2 | Decent Days And Nights | 3 | #76 | – | 2005 | |
| 3 | First Day | 1 | #25 | – | 2003 | |
| 4 | Heartbeat Song | 2 | #83 | – | 2010 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 339 | Hounds Of Love | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs |
| 2013 | 52 | Hounds Of Love | BBC 6 Music 100 Best Tracks Of The Last 10 Years |
| 2010 | 83 | Heartbeat Song | WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2010 |
| 2010 | 88 | Heartbeat Song | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 |
| 2005 | 76 | Decent Days And Nights | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 85 (tie) | Decent Days And Nights | WBER Listener Countdown 2005 |
| 2005 | 395 | Decent Days And Nights | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 |
| 2003 | 25 | First Day | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2003 |
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