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Thom Yorke
Solo artist Wellingborough
Thom Yorke is an artist from Wellingborough. Thom Yorke has 21 chart appearances on 20 radio countdowns from 13 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Black Swan”, which appears on 16 lists with a best position of #29. The station that charted Thom Yorke most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 8 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2006.
Thom Yorke stepped out from behind Radiohead in 2006 with The Eraser, his first solo album, on XL, and it sounded exactly like the direction his day job had been heading since Kid A: skittering beats, glitchy loops and that high, haunted voice drifting over the top. Yorke, born in 1968 in Wellingborough, had started Radiohead with schoolmates at Abingdon School and been its singer and main songwriter ever since, and producer Nigel Godrich had been at his elbow for most of the ride. "Black Swan" and "Harrowdown Hill" gave the record its sharpest edges.
To take The Eraser on the road he built a new band, Atoms for Peace, with Godrich and Flea, and they went on to make their own album, Amok, in 2013. Tomorrow's Modern Boxes followed in 2014 and Anima in 2019, and in between he scored the 2018 Suspiria, source of "Suspirium". In 2021 he launched another band, the Smile, with Jonny Greenwood and drummer Tom Skinner.
He's a restless collaborator, turning up alongside Björk, PJ Harvey, Burial, Four Tet and Flying Lotus, and a loud critic of major labels and streaming services who has tried pay-what-you-want and BitTorrent releases instead. His lyrics carry the same politics as his activism on the environment, trade justice and war.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Thom Yorke on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Swan | 16 | #29 | – | 2006 | |
| 2 | Harrowdown Hill | 1 | #33 | – | 2006 | |
| 3 | After The Gold Rush | 1 | #675 | – | – | |
| 4 | Suspirium | 2 | #82 | – | 2019 | |
| 5 | The Eraser | 1 | #893 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Featured on
Songs by other artists credited with Thom Yorke as a guest.
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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