Artist · chart history
The Trash Can Sinatras
Band Irvine United Kingdom Formed 1988
The Trash Can Sinatras formed in 1988 in Irvine, United Kingdom. The Trash Can Sinatras has 28 chart appearances on 26 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 1990–2016. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Hayfever”, which appears on 13 lists with a best position of #188. The station that charted The Trash Can Sinatras most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 13 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1990.
The Trash Can Sinatras found each other in the pubs and clubs of Irvine, Scotland, and built their sound on sweet pop harmonies and wordplay sharp enough to cut yourself on. The original lineup had Frank Reader on bass, Davy Hughes on guitar and vocals, George McDaid on guitar and Paul Forde on drums, but things shuffled quickly: Reader stepped up to lead vocals, Hughes took over bass, and Paul Livingston and John Douglas came in on guitar with Stephen Douglas on drums. That is the lineup behind most of their records.
Simon Dine spotted them, Go! Discs signed them, and the band spent the advance on a recording studio of their own in Kilmarnock, cheekily christened Shabby Road. Cake, their 1990 debut, came out of it, a lovely, rain-streaked jangle of a record: "Obscurity Knocks" became their biggest hit around the world, and "Only Tongue Can Tell" chimes like sunlight catching a wet window. I've Seen Everything followed in 1993 with "Hayfever", the song listeners have kept coming back to.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Trash Can Sinatras on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hayfever | 13 | #188 | – | – | |
| 2 | Only Tongue Can Tell | 7 | #7 | – | 1990 | |
| 3 | Obscurity Knocks | 3 | #71 | – | 1990 | |
| 4 | Got Carried Away | 2 | #85 | – | 2005 | |
| 5 | Weightlifting | 1 | #47 | – | 2005 | |
| 6 | Best Days of Earth | 1 | #46 | – | 2016 | |
| 7 | People | 1 | #91 | – | 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.
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