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The Judybats

Band Knoxville United States Active 1987–2000

The Judybats formed in 1987 in Knoxville, United States and was active until 2000. The Judybats has 32 chart appearances on 16 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 1991–2005. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Native Son”, which appears on 8 lists with a best position of #45. The station that charted The Judybats most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 21 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1991.

32appearances
16countdowns
4songs charted
4stations
0#1 finishes
1991–2005years

The Judybats came out of Knoxville, Tennessee in 1987, a jangly, literate alternative rock band that found a home on Sire and spent the early '90s turning out bright, brainy guitar pop. Native Son, the 1991 album, carried the title track, all chiming guitars and a tune that sticks, along with "Daylight". "Saturday" came from Down in the Shacks Where the Satellite Dishes Grow, a record with one of the best album titles of its day, and David Jenkins played drums from 1991 into the late '90s.

Three of their singles made Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, "Native Son", "Saturday" and "Being Simple", and the last of those climbed as high as number 7. The band kept going until 2000, but that run in the early '90s is where their melodies still live.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by The Judybats on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Native Son
474		 8 #45 – 1991
2 Being Simple
414		 15 #339 – –
3 Daylight
410		 7 #797 – –
4 Saturday
56		 2 #352 – –

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2005 823 Native Son CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 835 Daylight CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 1208 Being Simple CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004 822 Native Son CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004 835 Daylight CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004 1208 Being Simple CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003 481 Being Simple WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003)
2003 822 Native Son CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003 835 Daylight CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003 1208 Being Simple CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002 479 Being Simple WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002)
2002 822 Native Son CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 836 Daylight CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 1223 Being Simple CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 1434 Being Simple Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001 463 Being Simple WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)
2001 822 Native Son CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 836 Daylight CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 1224 Being Simple CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000 464 Being Simple WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)
2000 821 Native Son CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000 848 Daylight CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000 1221 Being Simple CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999 339 Being Simple WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999)
1999 770 Native Son CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 797 Daylight CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 1220 Being Simple CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1996 352 Saturday WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996)
1996 377 Being Simple WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996)
1994 354 Being Simple WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994)
1994 370 Saturday WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994)
1991 45 Native Son Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1991

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