Artist · chart history
Valerie June
Solo artist Jackson United States
Valerie June is an artist from Jackson. Valerie June has 69 chart appearances on 41 radio countdowns from 12 stations on RockLists, spanning 2013–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Call me a Fool”, which appears on 15 lists with a best position of #4. The station that charted Valerie June most often is The Colorado Sound (Fort Collins–Denver, CO), with 16 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2021.
Valerie June, born Valerie June Hockett in 1982, comes from Jackson, and her music sounds like a trip down a back road where every station on the dial is playing something different: blues, soul, Appalachian folk, bluegrass, country soul, indie rock and even symphonic pop, all shaped by her Southern roots and her later life on the East Coast. She plays guitar and banjo and sings in a high, quavering voice unlike anyone else's.
Pushin' Against a Stone, in 2013, was her calling card, with the slinky, sleepy groove of "Wanna Be on Your Mind". The Order of Time, in 2017, went deeper and dreamier, with "Astral Plane" floating off into the cosmos and "Shakedown" stomping like a juke-joint revival. The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers, in 2021, is her most expansive record yet, and "Call Me a Fool" struts on a warm bed of horns and old-school soul.
She has earned a Grammy nomination along the way, recorded for Sunday Best and signed with Concord Music Group worldwide, and she's also a published author. Owls, Omens, and Oracles, in 2025, brought the joyful "Joy, Joy!".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Valerie June on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Call me a Fool | 15 | #4 | – | 2021 | |
| 2 | Astral Plane | 11 | #42 | – | 2016 | |
| 3 | Joy, Joy! | 7 | #17 | – | 2025 | |
| 4 | Got Soul | 6 | #9 | – | 2017 | |
| 5 | Pushin' Against A Stone | 5 | #48 | – | 2013 | |
| 6 | You Can't Be Told | 4 | #40 | – | 2013 | |
| 7 | Smile | 5 | #51 | – | 2021 | |
| 8 | Working Woman Blues | 3 | #11 | – | 2013 | |
| 9 | Shakedown | 4 | #71 | – | 2017 | |
| 10 | Wanna Be On Your Mind | 2 | #75 | – | 2013 | |
| 11 | Call Me A Fool f/Carla Thomas | 1 | #8 | – | 2021 | |
| 12 | Cosmic Dancer | 2 | #653 | – | – | |
| 13 | Fade Into You | 2 | #544 | – | – | |
| 14 | Pink Moon | 1 | #741 | – | – | |
| 15 | Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You | 1 | #89 | – | 2022 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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Songs by other artists credited with Valerie June 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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