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Tim Armstrong
Solo artist Berkeley United States
Tim Armstrong is an artist from Berkeley. Tim Armstrong has 7 chart appearances on 7 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 2007. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Into Action”, which appears on 7 lists with a best position of #53. The station that charted Tim Armstrong most often is 91X (San Diego, CA / Tijuana), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2007.
Tim Armstrong, the Berkeley singer and guitarist with the unmistakable voice, has been a punk lifer since Operation Ivy, the ska-punk band he played in before he started Rancid. He also sings and plays guitar in the Transplants, a hip-hop and punk rock supergroup, and in 1997 he founded Hellcat Records with Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion, the owner of Epitaph.
A Poet's Life, his 2007 solo album, trades the Rancid buzzsaw for something warmer, a laid-back mix of ska and punk attitude. "Into Action" is the song that stuck: a bouncing, sun-soaked sing-along that sounds like it was recorded at a backyard party with the best band in the neighborhood.
Armstrong is a busy man behind the scenes too. He has written songs for other artists, worked with Joe Walsh and the Interrupters, and won a Grammy for his work with Jimmy Cliff and Pink. In 2012 he started releasing stripped-down covers and songs that had shaped him under the name Tim Timebomb.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Tim Armstrong on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Into Action | 7 | #53 | – | 2007 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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Songs by other artists credited with Tim Armstrong as a guest.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 83 | Into Action | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 53 | Into Action | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 71 | Into Action | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 90 | Into Action | The End Top 107 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 79 | Into Action | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 67 | Into Action | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2007 |
| 2007 | 76 | Into Action | KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2007 |
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