Artist · chart history
The Saints
Band Brisbane Australia Formed 1973 73– Australian rock band
The Saints formed in 1973 in Brisbane, Australia. The Saints has 9 chart appearances on 7 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 1977–2018. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “(I'm) Stranded”, which appears on 5 lists with a best position of #35. The station that charted The Saints most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1977.
The Saints blew out of Brisbane with a sound like a chainsaw through a screen door: Chris Bailey howling the words he wrote, Ed Kuepper playing a buzzsaw guitar at breakneck tempos, and Ivor Hay pounding along behind them. Nobody in town would book them, so they turned their sharehouse into a venue and played there instead.
Then came "(I'm) Stranded", released in September 1976, and history got rewritten: the Saints became the first punk band outside America to put out a record, beating the Damned, the Sex Pistols and the Clash to the shops. It's a riot, snotty and furious and completely unbothered by anybody's rules. "This Perfect Day" gave them a UK hit in 1977, reaching number 34. Bassist Kym Bradshaw left that year for the Lurkers, and Algy Ward took his place.
Eternally Yours in 1978 beefed things up with a horn section and a meaner, R&B strut, "Know Your Product" leading the charge. After Prehistoric Sounds later that year, Kuepper fell out with Bailey over which way to go and quit to start Laughing Clowns, and Hay and Ward followed him out. Bailey kept the name alive with a changing cast, landing "Just Like Fire Would" off All Fools Day in 1986. The ARIA Hall of Fame took them in in 2001, and Bailey died in April 2022.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Saints on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (I'm) Stranded | 5 | #35 | – | 1977 | |
| 2 | Know Your Product | 1 | #28 | – | – | |
| 3 | Temple of the Lord | 1 | #68 | – | 1987 | |
| 4 | Ghost Ships | 1 | #78 | – | – | |
| 5 | Just Like Fire Would | 1 | #88 | – | – |
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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