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The La's

Band Liverpool United Kingdom Active 1983–1992

The La's formed in 1983 in Liverpool, United Kingdom and was active until 1992. The La's has 92 chart appearances on 60 radio countdowns from 21 stations on RockLists, spanning 1991–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “There She Goes”, which appears on 59 lists with a best position of #16. The station that charted The La's most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 42 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1991.

92appearances
60countdowns
9songs charted
21stations
0#1 finishes
1991–2026years

The La's were a Liverpool band built around Lee Mavers, a singer, guitarist and songwriter with very particular ideas about how a record should sound. Mike Badger started the group, Mavers came aboard the following year, and once Badger was gone at the end of 1986 the band was Mavers and bassist John Power plus a constantly changing cast of guitarists and drummers, among them Peter Cammell, Chris Sharrock and Neil Mavers.

Go! Discs signed them in 1987, and "Way Out" and "There She Goes" followed, the latter a jangling, sky-bright pop song that sounds like the '60s beamed forward without a speck of dust on it. Then came the slog: session after abandoned session with a string of different producers, until The La's finally appeared in 1990, with "Timeless Melody", "Son of A Gun" and "Freedom Song" alongside the hit.

The critics loved it, the sales were modest, and there was never a second album. Power left to start Cast, the La's slipped into a long silence in 1992, and the brief reunions since, in the mid-'90s, 2005 and 2011, have produced no new recordings. One record turned out to be enough: "There She Goes" keeps turning up on the countdowns year after year.

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

Songs by The La's on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 There She Goes
3,446		 59 #16 – 1991
2 Son of A Gun
354		 13 #1126 – –
3 Timeless Melody
155		 8 #562 – –
4 Clean Prophet
81		 2 #809 – –
5 I Can't Sleep
26		 1 #79 – 1991
6 Liberty Ship
21		 4 #1885 – –
7 Timeless
7		 1 #1863 – –
8 Freedom Song
6		 2 #1937 – –
9 There She Goes (Unplugged)
3		 2 #1968 – –

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2026 827 There She Goes KXT 917 Song Countdown
2025 292 There She Goes WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s
2025 610 There She Goes The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs
2024 299 There She Goes WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years
2023 954 There She Goes WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023
2023 238 There She Goes The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2023 241 There She Goes The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s
2022 390 There She Goes KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022)
2022 1103 There She Goes WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022
2022 691 There She Goes The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2021 444 There She Goes 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2020 691 There She Goes WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time
2018 695 There She Goes The Current's 893 Essential Songs
2016 393 There She Goes WYEP 913 Countdown 2016
2014 23 There She Goes CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013 22 There She Goes CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013 1985 Son of A Gun CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011 19 There She Goes CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011 1911 Son of A Gun CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010 19 There She Goes CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010 1833 Son of A Gun CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009 20 There She Goes CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009 1789 Son of A Gun CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008 20 There She Goes CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008 1761 Son of A Gun CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007 27 There She Goes CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 1791 Son of A Gun CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 377 There She Goes WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time
2006 417 There She Goes Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 133 There She Goes WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006)
2006 105 There She Goes Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006)
2005 155 There She Goes WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005)
2005 56 There She Goes CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 1126 Son of A Gun CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 1824 Timeless Melody CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 238 There She Goes Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 715 There She Goes 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2004 478 There She Goes The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004)
2004 52 There She Goes CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004 1126 Son of A Gun CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004 1831 Timeless Melody CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004 88 There She Goes Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004 874 There She Goes WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004)
2003 174 There She Goes WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003)
2003 51 There She Goes CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003 1126 Son of A Gun CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003 1831 Timeless Melody CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003 204 There She Goes Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003 562 Timeless Melody Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003 1606 Clean Prophet Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002 224 There She Goes WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002)
2002 51 There She Goes CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 1141 Son of A Gun CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 1857 Timeless Melody CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 1885 Liberty Ship CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 265 There She Goes Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 809 Clean Prophet Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 1300 Timeless Melody Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001 262 There She Goes WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)
2001 51 There She Goes CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 1142 Son of A Gun CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 1871 Timeless Melody CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 1900 Liberty Ship CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 225 There She Goes Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 1972 There She Goes WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time
2000 261 There She Goes WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)
2000 52 There She Goes CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000 1139 Son of A Gun CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000 1863 Timeless Melody CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000 1900 Liberty Ship CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000 1939 Freedom Song CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000 1968 There She Goes (Unplugged) CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999 186 There She Goes 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999)
1999 388 There She Goes WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999)
1999 346 There She Goes WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999)
1999 52 There She Goes CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 1136 Son of A Gun CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 1863 Timeless CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 1901 Liberty Ship CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 1937 Freedom Song CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 1977 There She Goes (Unplugged) CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 672 There She Goes CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1999 359 There She Goes WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)
1995 439 There She Goes KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995)
1994 312 There She Goes KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994)
1994 285 There She Goes Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994)
1992 340 There She Goes KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992)
1991 18 There She Goes KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1991
1991 16 There She Goes 91X Top 91 Songs of 1991
1991 79 I Can't Sleep Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1991
1991 46 There She Goes CFNY Top 91 Songs of 1991
1991 441 There She Goes CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition)

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