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Unlikely Candidates

Band Keller United States Formed 2008

Unlikely Candidates formed in 2008 in Keller, United States. Unlikely Candidates has 19 chart appearances on 18 radio countdowns from 11 stations on RockLists, spanning 2013–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Novocaine”, which appears on 11 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted Unlikely Candidates most often is 88.3 The Sting (Cleveland, OH), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2020.

19appearances

18countdowns

6songs charted

11stations

1#1 finishes

2013–2026years

Keller, Texas, gave the world the Unlikely Candidates in 2008, an indie rock crew built around singer Kyle Morris, with Brenton Carney on lead guitar, Cole Male on guitar, Jared Hornbeek on bass and Josh Montez on drums.

They were on Atlantic by 2013, but in October 2016 they moved to Another Century, a smaller label. "Novocaine", released in 2019, is a stomping, anthemic shot of adrenaline, with Morris's raspy voice riding a huge, hand-raised chorus, and it went all the way to the top of the Alternative Songs chart.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Unlikely Candidates on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Novocaine	567	11	#1	1	2020
2	Follow My Feet	131	4	#34	–	2013
3	Gemini	55	1	#41	–	2021
4	High Low	52	1	#43	–	2020
5	Violence	33	1	#60	–	2017
6	Ringer	18	1	#80	–	2016

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

13 16 17 19 20 21

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2026	268	Novocaine	101X 500 (2026)
2023	409	Novocaine	WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023)
2022	253	Novocaine	101X 500 (2022)
2021	41	Gemini	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2021
2020	51	Novocaine	91X Top 91 Songs of 2020
2020	6	Novocaine	CD101 Top 93 Songs of 2020
2020	1	Novocaine	101X Top 25 Songs of 2020
2020	5	Novocaine	ALT 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2020
2020	17	Novocaine	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2020
2020	43	High Low	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2020
2019	88	Novocaine	91X Top 91 Songs of 2019
2019	39	Novocaine	CD101 Top 50 Songs of 2019
2019	46	Novocaine	X96 Top 50 Songs of 2019
2017	60	Violence	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2017
2016	80	Ringer	96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2016
2013	34	Follow My Feet	Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2013
2013	37	Follow My Feet	Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2013
2013	73	Follow My Feet	97X Top 97 of 2013
2013	99	Follow My Feet	WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2013

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