Artist · chart history
Wolf Parade
Band Montréal Canada Formed 2003
Wolf Parade formed in 2003 in Montréal, Canada. Wolf Parade has 10 chart appearances on 9 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 2005–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “I'll Believe Anything”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #249. The station that charted Wolf Parade most often is KEXP (Seattle, WA), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2010.
Wolf Parade came howling out of Montreal in 2003 with two frontmen trading the mic: Spencer Krug on vocals and keyboards, with a warbling, theatrical yelp, and Dan Boeckner on vocals and guitar, all ragged urgency. Arlen Thompson pounded the drums, with Dante DeCaro and synth player Hadji Bakara coming and going over the years.
Sub Pop signed them, and the 2005 EP Wolf Parade laid out the blueprint: jittery keyboards, clanging guitars and songs that sound like they're sprinting to catch a train. "You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son" is the standout, a spooky, lurching thing that builds and builds, and "Shine a Light" is pure adrenaline. Apologies to the Queen Mary followed the same year, then At Mount Zoomer in 2008 and Expo 86 in 2010.
After that they took five years off. They came back in 2016 with an EP, then Cry Cry Cry in October 2017 and Thin Mind in January 2020, and on stage these days Arcade Fire's Tim Kingsbury fills out the sound.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Wolf Parade on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I'll Believe Anything | 3 | #249 | – | – | |
| 2 | You Are a Runner, and I Am My Father's Son | 1 | #299 | – | – | |
| 3 | Palm Road | 1 | #43 | – | 2010 | |
| 4 | You are a Runner | 1 | #56 | – | 2005 | |
| 5 | Shine A Light | 2 | #589 | – | – | |
| 6 | Yulia | 1 | #37 | – | 2010 | |
| 7 | You're Dreaming | 1 | #933 | – | – |
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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