Artist · chart history
The Reason
Band Hamilton Canada Formed 2003 Canadian punk rock band
The Reason formed in 2003 in Hamilton, Canada. The Reason has 3 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2010–2011. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “The Longest Highway Home”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #29. The station that charted The Reason most often is CFNY 102.1 The Edge (Toronto, ON), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2011.
The Reason rose from the remains of a Hamilton, Ontario punk band called Sewing With Nancie: singer Adam White and guitarist James "Cubby" Nelan started over in late 2003, filled out the lineup and got straight to work, putting out the Problems Associated With Running EP almost at once. Jeremy Widerman soon took over one of the guitar slots, Smallman Records & Management signed them after catching a show, and the next twelve months brought more than 200 gigs across Canada and the northern States.
Ravenna, the first full-length, came out on Smallman in 2004, a mix of hard-charging pop and punk that had people reaching for comparisons to Grade and the early Get Up Kids. It put them on bills with Alexisonfire, Boys Night Out, Murphy's Law, No Use for A Name and Strung Out, and on stages at Edgefest and Wakestock. Ronson Armstrong took over bass and backing vocals in 2005, and the drum stool kept rotating, from Joe "Juice" Demars to Cam Bordignon to Steve Kiely.
Fools, in 2010, is the album that reached the countdowns. "The Longest Highway Home" is its big-hearted anthem, driving guitars under a chorus made for shouting along, and "Where Do We Go from Here" carries the same earnest, fist-in-the-air urgency. Michael Caputo came aboard on guitar that same year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Reason on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Longest Highway Home | 1 | #29 | – | 2011 | |
| 2 | Where Do We Go from Here | 1 | #52 | – | 2011 | |
| 3 | The Longest Highway | 1 | #55 | – | 2010 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 29 | The Longest Highway Home | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2011 |
| 2011 | 52 | Where Do We Go from Here | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2011 |
| 2010 | 55 | The Longest Highway | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2010 |
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