Artist · chart history
Wintersleep
Band Halifax Canada Formed 2001
Wintersleep formed in 2001 in Halifax, Canada. Wintersleep has 3 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2008–2020. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Amerika”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #56. The station that charted Wintersleep most often is CFNY 102.1 The Edge (Toronto, ON), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2008.
Wintersleep started in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 2001, with Paul Murphy singing and playing guitar, Tim D'Eon on guitar and keyboards and Loel Campbell on drums. The lineup has shuffled around that core ever since: Jud Haynes played bass from 2002 to 2007, Mike Bigelow came in on keyboards in 2005 and later moved to bass until 2016 before returning in 2021, Jon Samuel has added keys, guitar and backing vocals since 2006, and Chris Bell took the bass in 2016.
Their brand of indie rock is big-sky and brooding, guitars stacked into slow-building swells with Murphy's voice pushing through the fog. Welcome to the Night Sky, from 2007, carried "Weighty Ghost" and "Oblivion", and the band took home a Juno Award in 2008. They had already opened 2 shows for Pearl Jam in St. John's, Newfoundland, in 2005.
The Great Detachment, in 2016, brought "Amerika", and they have kept going since, with seven studio albums to their name so far.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Wintersleep on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amerika | 1 | #56 | – | – | |
| 2 | Weighty Ghost | 1 | #60 | – | 2008 | |
| 3 | Oblivion | 1 | #72 | – | 2008 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 56 | Amerika | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s |
| 2008 | 60 | Weighty Ghost | 102.1 The Edge's Top 102 Songs of 2008 |
| 2008 | 72 | Oblivion | 102.1 The Edge's Top 102 Songs of 2008 |
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