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Tom Waits

Solo artist Pomona United States

Tom Waits is an artist from Pomona. Tom Waits has 73 chart appearances on 43 radio countdowns from 8 stations on RockLists, spanning 1989–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Martha”, which appears on 26 lists with a best position of #18. The station that charted Tom Waits most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 26 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2011.

73appearances

43countdowns

32songs charted

8stations

0#1 finishes

1989–2026years

Songs by Tom Waits on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Martha	1,590	26	#18	–	–
2	Tom Trauberts Blues	209	3	#252	–	–
3	Ol' 55	205	3	#70	–	–
4	Bad As Me	93	2	#33	–	2011
5	(looking For) the Heart of Saturday Night	90	2	#144	–	–
6	Long Way Home, The	85	1	#130	–	–
7	I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You	75	1	#222	–	–
8	Old 55	68	2	#575	–	–
9	Tom Traubert Blues (Waltzing Matilda)	66	1	#302	–	–
10	I Don't Wanna Grow Up	66	2	#591	–	–
11	San Diego Serenade	63	1	#740	–	–
12	Big Joe And Phantom 309	53	1	#414	–	–
13	Jersey Girl	51	3	#685	–	–
14	Heart of Saturday Night	51	1	#435	–	–
15	Back In the Crowd	48	1	#48	–	2011
16	Frank's Wild Years	44	1	#283	–	–
17	Grapefruit Moon	41	1	#1195	–	–
18	Big in Japan	39	2	#593	–	–
19	Diamonds On My Windshield	36	1	#564	–	–
20	Time	36	1	#569	–	–
21	What's He Building?	34	2	#723	–	–
22	Downtown Train	32	2	#690	–	–
23	Jockey Full of Bourbon	31	1	#434	–	–
24	Singapore	30	1	#517	–	–
25	Long Way Home	27	1	#647	–	–
26	Goin' Out West	25	2	#91	–	1992
27	Hoist That Rag	24	1	#483	–	–
28	Hold On	17	3	#471	–	–
29	Step Right Up	11	1	#790	–	–
30	Alice	7	1	#827	–	–
31	Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis	5	1	#1921	–	–
32	Get Behind the Mule	2	1	#879	–	–

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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Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2026	690	Downtown Train	KXT 917 Song Countdown
2026	723	What's He Building?	KXT 917 Song Countdown
2026	768	Jersey Girl	KXT 917 Song Countdown
2025	34	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2025)
2025	639	Bad As Me	893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now
2024	35	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2024)
2024	512	Ol' 55	The Best Opening Tracks of All Time
2024	517	Singapore	The Best Opening Tracks of All Time
2024	593	Big in Japan	The Best Opening Tracks of All Time
2023	34	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2023)
2023	591	I Don't Wanna Grow Up	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2023	722	Big in Japan	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2023	759	Goin' Out West	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2023	779	What's He Building?	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2023	849	Hold On	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2023	879	Get Behind the Mule	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2022	25	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2022)
2021	27	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2021)
2020	25	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2020)
2020	371	Ol' 55	WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time
2020	409	Tom Trauberts Blues	WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time
2020	740	San Diego Serenade	WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time
2020	1195	Grapefruit Moon	WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time
2020	1381	I Don't Wanna Grow Up	WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time
2020	1921	Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis	WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time
2019	21	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2019)
2019	434	Jockey Full of Bourbon	KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time
2019	483	Hoist That Rag	KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time
2018	35	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2018)
2018	832	Downtown Train	The Current's 893 Essential Songs
2017	26	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2017)
2016	24	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2016)
2015	18	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2015)
2014	18	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2014)
2014	302	Tom Traubert Blues (Waltzing Matilda)	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014)
2014	575	Old 55	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014)
2014	778	Jersey Girl	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014)
2014	790	Step Right Up	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014)
2013	23	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2013)
2013	130	Long Way Home, The	WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013)
2012	26	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2012)
2011	33	Bad As Me	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2011
2011	48	Back In the Crowd	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2011
2011	29	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2011)
2010	50	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2010)
2010	70	Ol' 55	WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010)
2010	144	(looking For) the Heart of Saturday Night	WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010)
2010	414	Big Joe And Phantom 309	WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010)
2010	564	Diamonds On My Windshield	WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010)
2009	38	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2009)
2009	252	Tom Trauberts Blues	WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009)
2009	647	Long Way Home	WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009)
2009	827	Alice	WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009)
2009	835	(looking For) the Heart of Saturday Night	WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009)
2008	43	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2008)
2007	49	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2007)
2006	46	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2006)
2005	70	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2005)
2004	79	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2004)
2004	222	I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004)
2004	373	Tom Trauberts Blues	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004)
2004	435	Heart of Saturday Night	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004)
2004	569	Time	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004)
2004	599	Old 55	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004)
2004	685	Jersey Girl	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004)
2002	48	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2002)
2001	471	Hold On	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)
2001	55	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2001)
2000	473	Hold On	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)
2000	72	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2000)
1999	129	Martha	Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1999)
1992	91	Goin' Out West	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1992
1989	283	Frank's Wild Years	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989)