Artist · chart history
The Lovemakers
Band Oakland United States Formed 2002 Oakland electropop/new wave band
The Lovemakers formed in 2002 in Oakland, United States. The Lovemakers has 4 chart appearances on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2005–2006. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Prepare for the Fight”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #13. The station that charted The Lovemakers most often is Live 105 (San Francisco, CA), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2005.
The Lovemakers came out of Oakland in 2002 with a backstory juicier than most bands' whole catalogs. Scott Blonde and Lisa Light met through Blonde's manager, who happened to be Light's boyfriend at the time; she switched sweethearts, joined Blonde's band Applesaucer, and the pair got bounced from it, reportedly for making out at rehearsal. So they started their own group, lifted the name from the Japanese sexploitation flick The Weird Lovemakers, and brought in Jason Proctor on keyboards.
The sound fits the story: glossy, flirtatious new wave with the synths pushed up front, Blonde on guitar and Light on bass, their two voices circling each other like a couple halfway through an argument. After a self-titled record in 2003, Times of Romance arrived in 2005 on Cherrytree, a brand-new Interscope imprint, with Josh Freese drumming and "Prepare for the Fight" sent out ahead of it as the single.
Proctor went back to his day job as a programmer in 2006, and the duo pressed on through Misery Loves Company in 2007 and Let's Be Friends in 2009 before bowing out with a New Year's Eve show in Oakland. They never quite let go, though: a 2014 reunion turned into a proper return, including a single co-written with Chris Stein of Blondie.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Lovemakers on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prepare for the Fight | 4 | #13 | – | 2005 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 447 | Prepare for the Fight | Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) |
| 2005 | 13 | Prepare for the Fight | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 45 | Prepare for the Fight | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 281 | Prepare for the Fight | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 |
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