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The Patti Smith Group
Band United States
The Patti Smith Group formed in the United States. The Patti Smith Group has 33 chart appearances on 33 radio countdowns from 14 stations on RockLists, spanning 1982–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Dancing Barefoot”, which appears on 31 lists with a best position of #17. The station that charted The Patti Smith Group most often is WOXY 97X (Cincinnati, OH), with 11 appearances.
Wave, released in 1979, is the record that keeps the Patti Smith Group on the air, and "Dancing Barefoot" is the reason: a slow, swaying incantation of a song that circles around and around, building its spell out of patience instead of volume.
This was an American band built around its eponymous singer, and the lineup behind her was a tight little gang: Lenny Kaye, Richard Sohl, Ivan Král and Jay Dee Daugherty, with Bruce Brody passing through in 1977 and 1978. They played like a group that trusted its frontwoman to take the song somewhere strange and made sure the floor was still there when she came back down.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Patti Smith Group on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dancing Barefoot | 31 | #17 | – | – | |
| 2 | Because The Night | 2 | #316 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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