Artist · chart history
Vertical Horizon
Band Washington, D.C. Formed 1991
Vertical Horizon formed in 1991 in Washington, D.C.. Vertical Horizon has 19 chart appearances on 13 radio countdowns from 11 stations on RockLists, spanning 1999–2005. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Everything You Want”, which appears on 12 lists with a best position of #10. The station that charted Vertical Horizon most often is 102.7 WEQX (Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2000.
Vertical Horizon started in 1991 as a duo of Georgetown University students, Matt Scannell and Keith Kane, both singing and playing guitar, and they later grew into a full four-piece. When the big break came, they took it with both hands.
Everything You Want, their third album, released on RCA in 1999, went double platinum, and its title track became their signature song: a polished, shimmering tune, all chiming guitars and a chorus that doesn't let go. In 2000 it climbed all the way to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, the only time they got there. "You're A God" and "Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)" followed it into the Hot 100, and "We Are" gave the countdowns one more.
Since the mid-2000s the lineup has changed plenty of times, with Scannell as the only member who has stayed through it all, and the band has put out seven studio albums since 1992.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Vertical Horizon on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everything You Want | 12 | #10 | – | 2000 | |
| 2 | You're A God | 4 | #28 | – | 2000 | |
| 3 | Best I Ever Had | 1 | #57 | – | 2001 | |
| 4 | We Are | 2 | #98 | – | 1999 |
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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