Artist · chart history
The Last Shadow Puppets
Band Sheffield United Kingdom Formed 2007
The Last Shadow Puppets formed in 2007 in Sheffield, United Kingdom. The Last Shadow Puppets has 5 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 2008–2022. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Miracle Aligner”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #46. The station that charted The Last Shadow Puppets most often is WTMD (Baltimore, MD), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2016.
The Last Shadow Puppets started as a friendship. Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane of the Little Flames and the Rascals became mates in 2005, when Kane's band opened for Turner's on tour, and in 2007 in Sheffield they set out to write songs in thrall to Scott Walker and David Bowie. James Ford, of Simian and Simian Mobile Disco, and Zach Dawes of Mini Mansions round out the lineup.
The Age of the Understatement, released on Domino in 2008, is a swooning widescreen fantasy: galloping drums, lavish string arrangements, spaghetti-western drama and two co-frontmen trading croons like they were born in the wrong decade. It went to number one in the UK, picked up a BRIT nomination for British Breakthrough and made the Mercury Prize shortlist.
Then they went quiet for years. Everything You've Come to Expect finally arrived in 2016, slinkier and more knowing, with "Bad Habits" strutting on a nervy, string-slashed groove, and it went to number one as well. 2 albums, 2 chart-toppers, and not a wasted gesture between them.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Last Shadow Puppets on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miracle Aligner | 3 | #46 | – | 2016 | |
| 2 | The age of the understatement | 1 | #21 | – | 2008 | |
| 3 | Bad Habits | 1 | #74 | – | 2016 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 641 | Miracle Aligner | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time |
| 2018 | 615 | Miracle Aligner | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 |
| 2016 | 74 | Bad Habits | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2016 |
| 2016 | 46 | Miracle Aligner | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2016 |
| 2008 | 21 | The age of the understatement | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2008 |
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