Artist · chart history
The Rentals
Band United States Formed 1995 US rock band
The Rentals formed in 1995 in the United States. The Rentals has 34 chart appearances on 34 radio countdowns from 17 stations on RockLists, spanning 1995–2023. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Friends of P”, which appears on 34 lists with a best position of #19. The station that charted The Rentals most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 14 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1995.
The Rentals were Matt Sharp's band from the start, and he has been the one fixed point through every lineup since they formed in Los Angeles in 1995. Return of the Rentals came out that year on Maverick, and "Friends of P." became their best-selling single: fuzzy, bouncy and ridiculously catchy, like a sock hop on a distant planet. Over the years Petra Haden, Maya Rudolph, Cherielynn Westrich and Patrick Wilson have all been part of the cast.
Seven More Minutes followed in 1999, and after a world tour the band quietly folded that year. Sharp brought the name back in 2005, and a run of EPs led to Lost in Alphaville on Polyvinyl in 2014 and Q36 in 2020. The most recent version pairs him with Nick Zinner and Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Rentals on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friends of P | 34 | #19 | – | 1995 |
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.
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