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The Posies

Band Bellingham United States Active 1986–2021 US power pop group

The Posies formed in 1986 in Bellingham, United States and was active until 2021. The Posies has 59 chart appearances on 27 radio countdowns from 12 stations on RockLists, spanning 1990–2019. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Golden Blunders”, which appears on 16 lists with a best position of #92. The station that charted The Posies most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 46 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1993.

59appearances
27countdowns
7songs charted
12stations
0#1 finishes
1990–2019years

The Posies came out of Bellingham, Washington, built around the songwriting partnership of Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow, and they sounded like 2 kids who had worn out their Hollies and Merseybeat records and then discovered Hüsker Dü, XTC, Elvis Costello and Squeeze. The harmonies are sweet and tightly stacked, the guitars chime, and there's always a little ache in the chord changes.

Dear 23, in 1990, is the gentle one, a record of chiming, close-harmony pop built around "Suddenly Mary" and "Golden Blunders". Frosting on the Beater, in 1993, turned the amplifiers up and let the guitars snarl without losing the tunes, on "Dream All Day" and "Flavor of the Month", and Amazing Disgrace followed in 1996 with "Please Return It".

The band split up in October 2021, after several allegations of sexual misconduct were made against Stringfellow.

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

Songs by The Posies on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Golden Blunders
849		 16 #92 – 1990
2 Suddenly Mary
847		 14 #280 – –
3 Flavor of the Month
698		 15 #785 – –
4 Dream All Day
239		 8 #49 – 1993
5 Please Return It
85		 4 #1574 – –
6 Another Train
56		 1 #390 – –
7 Conversations
1		 1 #103 – 2005

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.

90 93 05

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2019 492 Dream All Day KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time
2014 1099 Golden Blunders CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2014 1126 Flavor of the Month CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2014 1437 Suddenly Mary CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013 1048 Golden Blunders CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013 1071 Flavor of the Month CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013 1374 Suddenly Mary CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011 1015 Flavor of the Month CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011 1026 Golden Blunders CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011 1317 Suddenly Mary CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010 984 Flavor of the Month CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010 994 Golden Blunders CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010 1263 Suddenly Mary CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009 955 Flavor of the Month CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009 1043 Golden Blunders CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009 1231 Suddenly Mary CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008 942 Flavor of the Month CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008 1016 Golden Blunders CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008 1211 Suddenly Mary CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007 954 Flavor of the Month CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 1082 Golden Blunders CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 1260 Suddenly Mary CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 455 Dream All Day KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007)
2005 102.7 Conversations WEQX Top 102.7 of 2005
2005 283 Suddenly Mary CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 592 Golden Blunders CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 1079 Flavor of the Month CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 588 Dream All Day 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2004 280 Suddenly Mary CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004 591 Golden Blunders CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004 1079 Flavor of the Month CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004 390 Another Train WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004)
2003 280 Suddenly Mary CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003 591 Golden Blunders CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003 1079 Flavor of the Month CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002 280 Suddenly Mary CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 591 Golden Blunders CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 1094 Flavor of the Month CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 1574 Please Return It CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 1214 Dream All Day Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001 498 Dream All Day WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)
2001 280 Suddenly Mary CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 591 Golden Blunders CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 1095 Flavor of the Month CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 1581 Please Return It CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000 317 Suddenly Mary CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000 591 Golden Blunders CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000 1088 Flavor of the Month CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000 1581 Please Return It CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999 785 Flavor of the Month The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 317 Suddenly Mary CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 591 Golden Blunders CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 1086 Flavor of the Month CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 1581 Please Return It CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1994 972 Golden Blunders KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994)
1993 58 Dream All Day KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993
1993 49 Dream All Day Live 105 Top 105 Songs of 1993
1993 76 Dream All Day Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993
1990 92 Golden Blunders KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990

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