Artist · chart history
The Gossip
Band Searcy United States Formed 1999 USA alt rock band
The Gossip formed in 1999 in Searcy, United States. The Gossip has 9 chart appearances on 8 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Heavy cross”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #2. The station that charted The Gossip most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2009.
The Gossip came blazing out of Searcy, Arkansas, in 1999, with Beth Ditto hollering like a gospel singer who'd wandered into a punk basement, Nathan Howdeshell (known as Brace Paine) on guitar and bass, and Kathy Mendonça on drums until Hannah Blilie took over in 2003. They stitched dance-rock onto a post-punk revival frame with indie rock scrappiness: jagged, minimal and built to make a room sweat.
After a string of smaller releases, they broke through with Standing in the Way of Control in 2006, its title track a stomping, bass-heavy call to arms with Ditto's voice filling every inch of space. Music for Men, in 2009, polished the disco pulse to a high shine, with "Heavy Cross" riding a four-on-the-floor thump and "Love Long Distance" slinking along behind it. A Joyful Noise followed in May 2012, led by the glossy "Perfect World".
They disbanded in 2016, but regrouped in 2019 for an anniversary tour celebrating Music for Men and came back with a new album, Real Power, in 2024.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Gossip on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heavy cross | 4 | #2 | – | 2009 | |
| 2 | Standing In The Way Of Control | 3 | #76 | – | 2006 | |
| 3 | Perfect World | 1 | #32 | – | 2012 | |
| 4 | Love Long Distance | 1 | #78 | – | 2009 |
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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