Artist · chart history
The Revivalists
Band New Orleans United States Formed 2007
The Revivalists formed in 2007 in New Orleans, United States. The Revivalists has 90 chart appearances on 79 radio countdowns from 28 stations on RockLists, spanning 2015–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Wish I knew You”, which appears on 36 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted The Revivalists most often is 107.1 The Peak (Westchester County, NY), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2023.
The Revivalists came together in New Orleans in 2007, and you can hear the city in every horn blast: an eight-piece rock band that plays like a brass-band parade wandered into a bar with a pedal steel in tow. David Shaw sings lead and plays guitar, Zack Feinberg handles the other guitar, George Gekas holds down the bass, Rob Ingraham blows saxophone, Michael Girardot doubles on keyboards and trumpet, Ed Williams slides across the pedal steel, and Andrew Campanelli and PJ Howard split the drums and percussion.
Men Amongst Mountains, out on Wind-up in 2015, got them tipped as one of the new bands worth knowing, and the slow-burning "Wish I Knew You" did the heavy lifting: Shaw's ache riding a loose, soulful groove, the kind of song that sneaks up on you from a car radio. It took its sweet time, reaching No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Alternative chart in 2016 and on its Alternative Songs chart the following spring, and it went platinum.
Take Good Care followed in 2018, and "All My Friends" went all the way to the top at Adult Alternative radio, with "Change" riding alongside it. Pour It Out Into the Night arrived in 2023 carrying "Kid" and "Good Old Days", proof that the big-hearted, horn-flecked sound still had plenty of road left in it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Revivalists on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wish I knew You | 36 | #1 | 1 | 2016 | |
| 2 | Kid | 15 | #6 | – | 2023 | |
| 3 | All My Friends | 12 | #5 | – | 2018 | |
| 4 | Good Old Days | 11 | #8 | – | 2023 | |
| 5 | Keep Going | 5 | #3 | – | 2015 | |
| 6 | Change | 9 | #15 | – | 2019 | |
| 7 | The Long Con | 1 | #43 | – | 2023 | |
| 8 | Oh No | 1 | #70 | – | 2019 |
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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