Artist · chart history
Vaccines
Band London United Kingdom Formed 2010 British indie rock band
Vaccines formed in 2010 in London, United Kingdom. Vaccines has 8 chart appearances on 7 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 2011–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “I Can't Quit”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #62. The station that charted Vaccines most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2011.
The Vaccines came roaring out of West London in 2010, formed by Justin Hayward-Young on lead vocals and guitar, Freddie Cowan on guitar, Árni Árnason on bass and Pete Robertson on drums. Their songs are short, sharp and gloriously uncomplicated, and critics reached straight for the Ramones, the Strokes and the Jesus and Mary Chain to describe them: buzzing guitars, big-hearted hooks, a lovesick croon under all the fuzz.
What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?, released in 2011 on Columbia, became the best-selling debut album of that year in Britain. "If You Wanna" is a pure sugar rush, "Wetsuit" is the big, arm-swinging singalong, and "Post Break-up Sex", from their early EP, gets straight to the point with a wry grin. Come of Age followed in 2012 with "I Always Knew", and English Graffiti, Combat Sports, Back in Love City and Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations came after that.
They've toured hard, playing with or opening for the Rolling Stones, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Kings of Leon, Phoenix, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Imagine Dragons and Muse, and they've sold two million records. The current lineup keeps Young and Árnason, with Timothy Lanham on guitars and keys and Yoann Intonti on drums.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Vaccines on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Can't Quit | 2 | #62 | – | 2018 | |
| 2 | Post Break-up Sex | 2 | #43 | – | 2011 | |
| 3 | If You Wanna | 1 | #36 | – | 2011 | |
| 4 | Teenage Icon | 1 | #419 | – | – | |
| 5 | Wetsuit | 1 | #28 | – | 2012 | |
| 6 | I Always Knew | 1 | #39 | – | 2013 |
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.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 419 | Teenage Icon | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century |
| 2022 | 538 | I Can't Quit | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time |
| 2018 | 62 | I Can't Quit | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2018 |
| 2013 | 39 | I Always Knew | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2013 |
| 2012 | 28 | Wetsuit | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2012 |
| 2011 | 36 | If You Wanna | WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2011 |
| 2011 | 43 | Post Break-up Sex | WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2011 |
| 2011 | 71 | Post Break-up Sex | CD101 Top 102 Songs of 2011 |
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