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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

The Wailing Souls, who started out as the Renegades, go back to Jamaica in the '60s, and over the decades their lineup has shifted around a steady core of Winston "Pipe" Matthews and Lloyd "Bread" McDonald, the only two who have been there all along. They are a vocal group first and foremost, the kind of reggae outfit where the harmonies do the heavy lifting, sweet and tight over a rolling rhythm section, and they have recorded for labels from Studio One to Island.

"Shark Attack", from All Over the World in 1992, has a sly, loping bounce and a hook that bites. Along the way they have been nominated for 3 Grammy Awards.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by The Wailing Souls on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Shark Attack	585	16	#10	–	1993

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

1992All Over the World1 charting song

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	#	Song	Countdown
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

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