Artist · chart history
The Urge
Band St. Louis United States Formed 1987 US alternative rock band
The Urge formed in 1987 in St. Louis, United States. The Urge has 21 chart appearances on 17 radio countdowns from 14 stations on RockLists, spanning 1997–2022. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Jump Right In”, which appears on 15 lists with a best position of #39. The station that charted The Urge most often is 90.9 The Bridge (Kansas City, MO), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1998.
The Urge came out of St. Louis in 1987 and spent the next decade proving you could cram hardcore punk, heavy metal, ska, reggae, funk and rhythm and blues into one band without the whole thing flying apart. It mostly flew together, and loudly: they toured relentlessly through the '90s and built a reputation as a live act that left rooms wrung out and dripping.
Master of Styles, in 1998, lived up to its title, and "Jump Right In" was the one rock radio grabbed, a bouncing party of a song that sounds like the band's whole stage show squeezed into a few minutes. Steve Ewing, Karl Grable, Jerry Jost, Matt Kwiatkowski, Todd Painter, John Pessoni and Bill Reiter made up the crew.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Urge on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jump Right In | 15 | #39 | – | 1998 | |
| 2 | Brainless | 1 | #212 | – | – | |
| 3 | Say Yeah | 1 | #26 | – | 2011 | |
| 4 | All Washed Up | 2 | #79 | – | 1997 | |
| 5 | It's Getting Hectic | 1 | #369 | – | – | |
| 6 | Take Away | 1 | #813 | – | – |
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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