Artist · chart history
The Head and the Heart
Band Seattle United States Formed 2009
The Head and the Heart formed in 2009 in Seattle, United States. The Head and the Heart has 178 chart appearances on 130 radio countdowns from 35 stations on RockLists, spanning 2011–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Lost In My Mind”, which appears on 30 lists with a best position of #4. The station that charted The Head and the Heart most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 18 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2016.
The Head and the Heart began in Seattle in the summer of 2009, when Josiah Johnson and Jonathan Russell, both singing and both playing guitar and percussion, started writing together. Charity Rose Thielen added violin, guitar and a voice that cuts right through the harmonies, Kenny Hensley brought the piano and Tyler Williams the drums, and the result was indie folk built for a campfire the size of a stadium.
Their self-titled debut, in 2010, set the tone: "Lost in My Mind" sways and swells into a big, hand-clapping singalong, "Down in the Valley" aches, and "Rivers and Roads" builds from a hush to a howl. Let's Be Still, in 2013, brought "Shake" and its title track, and Signs of Light, in 2016, gave them their slickest set yet, with "All We Ever Knew" and "Rhythm & Blues" bouncing and bright.
Living Mirage, in 2019, leaned harder into polished pop with "Missed Connection", "Honeybee" and "See You Through My Eyes", and Every Shade of Blue followed in 2022 with "Virginia (Wind in the Night)". Their sixth album, Aperture, arrived in May 2025 with "Arrow".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Head and the Heart on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lost In My Mind | 30 | #4 | – | 2011 | |
| 2 | All We Ever Knew | 20 | #4 | – | 2016 | |
| 3 | Missed Connection | 18 | #2 | – | 2019 | |
| 4 | Shake | 13 | #8 | – | 2013 | |
| 5 | Honeybee | 9 | #11 | – | 2020 | |
| 6 | Arrow | 12 | #13 | – | 2025 | |
| 7 | Rhythm & Blues | 9 | #8 | – | 2016 | |
| 8 | Virginia | 10 | #12 | – | 2022 | |
| 9 | Down In The Valley | 9 | #2 | – | 2011 | |
| 10 | Another Story | 7 | #5 | – | 2014 | |
| 11 | Let's Be Still | 9 | #36 | – | 2014 | |
| 12 | After The Setting Sun | 6 | #12 | – | 2025 | |
| 13 | City Of Angels | 5 | #25 | – | 2017 | |
| 14 | Rivers And Roads | 4 | #203 | – | – | |
| 15 | See You Through My Eyes | 3 | #31 | – | 2019 | |
| 16 | Homecoming Heroes | 1 | #15 | – | 2014 | |
| 17 | Hurts (But it Goes Away) | 3 | #72 | – | 2022 | |
| 18 | Ghosts | 2 | #39 | – | 2012 | |
| 19 | See Through My Eyes | 1 | #58 | – | 2019 | |
| 20 | Don't Dream It's Over | 1 | #467 | – | – | |
| 21 | Every Shade of Blue | 1 | #68 | – | 2023 | |
| 22 | Beg, Steal, Borrow | 1 | #67 | – | 2025 | |
| 23 | Every Shade of Blue (Acoustic) | 1 | #69 | – | 2022 | |
| 24 | People Need a Melody | 1 | #81 | – | 2019 | |
| 25 | Coeur d'Alene | 1 | #737 | – | – | |
| 26 | I Found Out | 1 | #100 | – | 2019 |
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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