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The Wailing Souls

Band Jamaica Formed 1968

The Wailing Souls formed in 1968 in Jamaica. The Wailing Souls has 16 chart appearances on 16 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 1992–2011. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Shark Attack”, which appears on 16 lists with a best position of #10. The station that charted The Wailing Souls most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 12 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1992.

16appearances
16countdowns
1songs charted
4stations
0#1 finishes
1992–2011years

Songs by The Wailing Souls on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Shark Attack
585		 16 #10 – 1993

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.

92 93

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2011 1955 Shark Attack CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010 1872 Shark Attack CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009 1824 Shark Attack CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008 1790 Shark Attack CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007 1797 Shark Attack CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2005 950 Shark Attack CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004 950 Shark Attack CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003 950 Shark Attack CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002 965 Shark Attack CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2001 965 Shark Attack CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000 964 Shark Attack CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999 913 Shark Attack CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1994 488 Shark Attack Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994)
1993 61 Shark Attack KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993
1993 63 Shark Attack Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993
1992 10 Shark Attack Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992