Artist · chart history
Trampled by Turtles
Band Duluth United States Formed 2004
Trampled by Turtles formed in 2004 in Duluth, United States. Trampled by Turtles has 39 chart appearances on 24 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 2010–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Wait So Long”, which appears on 5 lists with a best position of #3. The station that charted Trampled by Turtles most often is The Current (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN), with 20 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2010.
Trampled by Turtles got going in Duluth, Minnesota, in 2004, and they play bluegrass the way a punk band plays three chords: fast, hard and a little desperate, as if the tempo itself were the point. The lineup is strings all the way down, with Dave Simonett singing and playing guitar, Erik Berry on mandolin, Dave Carroll on banjo, Tim Saxhaug on bass and Ryan Young completing the circle.
Blue Sky and the Devil (2005) set the template, with "Codeine" among its keepers, but Palomino (2010) is where the rest of the country started paying attention: it sat in the top 10 of the Billboard bluegrass chart for 52 straight weeks, and "Wait So Long" and "Victory" are the ones that stuck on the countdowns. Stars and Satellites (2012) followed with "Alone" and "Midnight on the Interstate", proof that this crew can hold a note and let it ache as well as they can gallop.
They have kept the wheels turning since, through Wild Animals, Life Is Good on the Open Road and Alpenglow (2022), with 3 of their albums reaching number one on the bluegrass chart along the way.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Trampled by Turtles on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait So Long | 5 | #3 | – | 2010 | |
| 2 | Midnight on the Interstate | 7 | #22 | – | 2012 | |
| 3 | The Middle | 6 | #33 | – | 2018 | |
| 4 | Alone | 4 | #7 | – | 2012 | |
| 5 | It's So Hard To Hold On | 2 | #9 | – | 2022 | |
| 6 | Are You Behind the Shining Star? | 4 | #52 | – | 2014 | |
| 7 | Kelly's Bar | 2 | #25 | – | 2018 | |
| 8 | Where Is My Mind | 2 | #198 | – | – | |
| 9 | Burlesque Desert Window | 1 | #46 | – | 2022 | |
| 10 | Fake Plastic Trees | 1 | #490 | – | – | |
| 11 | Codeine | 2 | #67 | – | 2013 | |
| 12 | A Lifetime To Find | 1 | #529 | – | – | |
| 13 | Out of Time | 1 | #57 | – | 2024 | |
| 14 | Victory | 1 | #68 | – | 2010 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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Songs by other artists credited with Trampled by Turtles 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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