Artist · chart history
Tokyo Police Club
Band Newmarket Canada Active 2005–2024 Canadian rock
Tokyo Police Club formed in 2005 in Newmarket, Canada and was active until 2024. Tokyo Police Club has 29 chart appearances on 23 radio countdowns from 11 stations on RockLists, spanning 2007–2020. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Wait Up (Boots Of Danger)”, which appears on 11 lists with a best position of #12. The station that charted Tokyo Police Club most often is CFNY 102.1 The Edge (Toronto, ON), with 12 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2010.
Tokyo Police Club came out of Newmarket, Ontario, in 2005, a four-piece playing jittery, wiry indie rock with the tempo pinned to the red: Dave Monks singing and playing bass, Graham Wright on keyboards, Josh Hook on guitar and Greg Alsop on drums. Their 2006 debut EP, A Lesson in Crime, got them noticed fast, a burst of short, sharp songs like "Nature of the Experiment" and "Cheer It On" that barely stopped to breathe.
Elephant Shell, in 2008, packed in "Tessellate", "Your English Is Good" and "Graves", all yelped hooks and clattering drums, and Champ, in 2010, opened the windows a little with bigger melodies on "Favourite Colour" and "Bambi". Champ earned them a Juno nomination for Alternative Album of the Year in 2011, around the time of the scrappy, rushing "Wait Up (Boots of Danger)". Forcefield followed in 2014 with "Hot Tonight", and they picked up another Juno nomination in 2019 for TPC.
After one final tour, Tokyo Police Club called it a day at the end of November 2024.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Tokyo Police Club on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait Up (Boots Of Danger) | 11 | #12 | – | 2010 | |
| 2 | Tessellate | 2 | #17 | – | 2008 | |
| 3 | Nature of the Experiment | 1 | #7 | – | 2007 | |
| 4 | Your English is Good | 4 | #64 | – | 2009 | |
| 5 | Favourite Colour | 1 | #38 | – | 2011 | |
| 6 | Bambi | 2 | #54 | – | 2011 | |
| 7 | Wait Up | 1 | #47 | – | 2010 | |
| 8 | Breakneck Speed | 1 | #59 | – | 2010 | |
| 9 | Favourite Food | 1 | #34 | – | 2010 | |
| 10 | Graves | 1 | #70 | – | 2008 | |
| 11 | Tunel Vision | 1 | #76 | – | 2014 | |
| 12 | Hot Tonight | 1 | #83 | – | 2014 | |
| 13 | Cheer It On | 1 | #93 | – | 2007 | |
| 14 | Little Sister | 1 | #95 | – | 2011 |
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.
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