Artist · chart history
The Zutons
Band Liverpool United Kingdom Active 2001–2009
The Zutons formed in 2001 in Liverpool, United Kingdom and was active until 2009. The Zutons has 10 chart appearances on 10 radio countdowns from 9 stations on RockLists, spanning 2004–2022. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Pressure Point”, which appears on 8 lists with a best position of #17. The station that charted The Zutons most often is Q101 (Chicago, IL), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2005.
The Zutons came out of Liverpool in 2001 with a sound that was all their own: scuffed, swampy guitar rock with a funky strut and, crucially, Abi Harding's saxophone honking and wailing all over it. Dave McCabe sang and played guitar, Boyan Chowdhury was the founding guitarist, Russell Pritchard played bass and Sean Payne drummed, and the whole thing had the loose, spooky swing of a band that had spent too long listening to old records in a dark room.
Their debut, Who Killed...... The Zutons?, landed on Deltasonic in April 2004, full of jittery, carnivalesque tunes like "Pressure Point". Tired of Hanging Around, in 2006, was brasher and poppier, and both "Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?" and "Valerie" reached No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart.
Chowdhury left in 2007 and Paul Molloy took his place for You Can Do Anything in 2008, and the band quietly broke up the next year. They regrouped for a single show in 2016 in memory of their friend Kristian Ealey, then got back together properly for a tour in 2018 celebrating the debut album. The Big Decider, produced by Nile Rodgers, Ian Broudie and Payne, finally arrived in April 2024 and reached No. 7 in the UK.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Zutons on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pressure Point | 8 | #17 | – | 2005 | |
| 2 | Valerie | 2 | #212 | – | – |
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.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 684 | Valerie | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s |
| 2018 | 817 | Pressure Point | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 |
| 2006 | 212 | Valerie | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) |
| 2005 | 70 | Pressure Point | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 132 | Pressure Point | Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 81 (tie) | Pressure Point | WBER Listener Countdown 2005 |
| 2005 | 153 | Pressure Point | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 |
| 2004 | 89 | Pressure Point | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 |
| 2004 | 80 | Pressure Point | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 |
| 2004 | 17 | Pressure Point | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004 |
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