Artist · chart history
The Shelters
Band
The Shelters has 17 chart appearances on 11 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 2016–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Rebel Heart”, which appears on 7 lists with a best position of #6. The station that charted The Shelters most often is The Colorado Sound (Fort Collins–Denver, CO), with 8 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2016.
The Shelters formed in Los Angeles in 2014, three veterans of the band Automatik Slim, Chase Simpson and Josh Jové on guitars and Sebastian Harris on drums, with Jacob Pillot on bass. Their guardian angel was no less than Tom Petty, who handed them the keys to his home studio and became their sounding board, spending long hours working with them and listening to whatever they came up with. Jové and Simpson ended up with credits on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' 2014 album Hypnotic Eye and on Mudcrutch's 2 in 2016.
You can hear that tutelage all over their self-titled debut, released on Warner Bros. in June 2016: jangling, chiming guitars, lean arrangements and a vintage, sun-baked Southern California rock sound. "Rebel Heart" is the one that caught fire, a punchy, ringing anthem with a swagger straight out of the old school, and "Liar" is a moodier, darker cut.
Petty died in 2017, and The Shelters carried on without him. Jupiter Sidecar arrived in September 2019, with "You're Different" pushing their sound into looser, trippier territory.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Shelters on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rebel Heart | 7 | #6 | – | 2016 | |
| 2 | Gold | 4 | #76 | – | 2017 | |
| 3 | You're Different | 3 | #65 | – | 2019 | |
| 4 | Liar | 1 | #48 | – | 2016 | |
| 5 | Down The Line | 1 | #548 | – | – | |
| 6 | Bad Dreams | 1 | #711 | – | – |
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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