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Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Band New York United States Formed 2000

Yeah Yeah Yeahs formed in 2000 in New York, United States. Yeah Yeah Yeahs has 242 chart appearances on 142 radio countdowns from 51 stations on RockLists, spanning 2002–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Maps”, which appears on 64 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 3 countdowns. The station that charted Yeah Yeah Yeahs most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 47 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2009.

242appearances

142countdowns

21songs charted

51stations

3#1 finishes

2002–2026years

Yeah Yeah Yeahs formed in New York City in 2000, a trio with no shortage of noise. Karen O sang (and yelped, and howled), Nick Zinner played guitar and keyboards, and Brian Chase played drums, and together they made a racket that sounded like a garage band trying to set fire to an art gallery.

Their self-titled debut EP, with "Bang", won good reviews as the garage rock and post-punk revivals of the 2000s took hold. Then came Fever to Tell in 2003, their full-length debut and a commercial success that placed them at the front of the pack. It's all sharp edges and sweat: "Date With the Night" and "Y-Control" crackle with nervous energy, and then "Maps" arrives, a slow, aching ballad that became their best-known track. They picked up a Shortlist Music Prize nomination in 2003, and their live shows earned a reputation for sheer energy.

Show Your Bones followed in 2006, with the stomping "Gold Lion" and the jittery "Cheated Hearts", and after the Is Is EP came It's Blitz! in 2009, which drew even more acclaim. "Zero" and "Heads Will Roll" are glittering and pulsing, made for sweaty clubs and bigger stages. Mosquito arrived in 2013 to mixed reviews, though it reached number five on the Billboard 200, with "Sacrilege" as its highlight.

After a long break, Cool It Down arrived in 2022 as a real return to form, with "Spitting Off the Edge of the World", "Burning" and "Wolf". Five Grammy nominations, four of them for Best Alternative Music Album, and seven MTV Video Music Award nods later, Yeah Yeah Yeahs still sound like nobody else.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Yeah Yeah Yeahs on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Maps	4,259	64	#1	1	2004
2	Gold Lion	1,824	29	#12	–	2006
3	Zero	1,644	28	#10	–	2009
4	Burning	1,309	18	#1	1	2022
5	Heads Will Roll	1,281	20	#4	–	2009
6	Y-Control	1,027	16	#46	–	2004
7	Cheated Hearts	977	15	#10	–	2006
8	Spitting Off the Edge of the World	708	10	#1	1	2022
9	Wolf	376	6	#22	–	2023
10	Sacrilege	328	9	#30	–	2013
11	Date With The Night	183	13	#46	–	2003
12	Bang	78	1	#12	–	2002
13	Rich	71	1	#212	–	–
14	Dull Life	48	1	#55	–	2010
15	Phenomena	44	2	#66	–	2006
16	Soft Shock	39	1	#554	–	–
17	Sheena Is a Punk Rocker	27	1	#76	–	2009
18	Fleez	20	1	#73	–	2023
19	Down Boy	16	1	#85	–	2007
20	Man	15	1	#194	–	2004
21	Spiting Off The Edge Of The World	13	1	#80	–	2022

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.

02 03 04 05 06 07 09 10 13 22 23

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2026	80	Burning	KXT 917 Song Countdown
2026	247	Wolf	KXT 917 Song Countdown
2026	281	Maps	101X 500 (2026)
2026	687	Maps	WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time
2026	747	Spitting Off the Edge of the World	KXT 917 Song Countdown
2026	54	Spitting Off the Edge of the World	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound
2026	302	Maps	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound
2025	8	Maps	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century
2025	19	Heads Will Roll	893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now
2025	166	Zero	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century
2025	193	Zero	893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now
2025	244	Heads Will Roll	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century
2025	263	Y-Control	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century
2025	334	Gold Lion	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century
2025	567	Sacrilege	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century
2025	606	Burning	893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now
2025	678	Gold Lion	893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now
2025	828	Date With The Night	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century
2025	21	Maps	WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far)
2025	233	Heads Will Roll	WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far)
2025	563	Y-Control	WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far)
2025	580	Burning	WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far)
2024	6	Maps	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century
2024	147	Zero	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century
2024	273	Maps	WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years
2024	445	Gold Lion	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century
2024	657	Y-Control	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century
2024	701	Heads Will Roll	WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years
2024	829	Burning	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century
2024	991	Zero	WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years
2024	94	Heads Will Roll	The End Sweet Summer Vibes Countdown (2024)
2024	17	Maps	WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024)
2024	212	Rich	The Best Opening Tracks of All Time
2024	271	Heads Will Roll	WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024)
2024	295	Zero	The Best Opening Tracks of All Time
2024	508	Sacrilege	The Best Opening Tracks of All Time
2024	520	Gold Lion	The Best Opening Tracks of All Time
2024	536	Spitting Off the Edge of the World	The Best Opening Tracks of All Time
2024	579	Zero	WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024)
2024	751	Y-Control	WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024)
2023	2	Burning	WBER Listener Countdown 2023
2023	22	Wolf	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2023
2023	25	Wolf	WBER Listener Countdown 2023
2023	45	Wolf	WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2023
2023	50	Wolf	KXT Top 91 Songs of 2023
2023	57	Wolf	WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2023
2023	73	Fleez	90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2023
2023	59	Maps	WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023
2023	99	Maps	ALT 104.5 Top 104 of ALT Time
2023	241	Maps	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time
2023	770	Burning	WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023
2022	22	Burning	91X Top 91 Songs of 2022
2022	80	Spiting Off The Edge Of The World	91X Top 91 Songs of 2022
2022	1	Spitting Off the Edge of the World	WBER Listener Countdown 2022
2022	1	Burning	WERS Top 88 Songs of 2022
2022	2	Burning	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2022
2022	4	Spitting Off the Edge of the World	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2022
2022	4	Burning	WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2022
2022	5	Burning	Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2022
2022	6	Burning	WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2022
2022	7	Spitting Off the Edge of the World	90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2022
2022	10	Spitting Off the Edge of the World	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2022
2022	11	Burning	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2022
2022	12	Spitting Off the Edge of the World	Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2022
2022	13	Burning	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2022
2022	20	Burning	KXT Top 91.7 Songs of 2022
2022	23	Spitting Off the Edge of the World	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2022
2022	41	Burning	WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2022
2022	42	Burning	90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2022
2022	54	Burning	Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2022
2022	72	Spitting Off the Edge of the World	WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2022
2022	79	Artist ranking	The End Top 100 Alternative Artists of All Time
2022	91	Maps	KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022)
2022	245	Maps	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time
2022	281	Maps	101X 500 (2022)
2022	451	Heads Will Roll	KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022)
2022	1	Maps	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s
2022	31	Cheated Hearts	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s
2022	98	Zero	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s
2022	130	Y-Control	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s
2022	145	Heads Will Roll	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s
2022	273	Gold Lion	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s
2022	554	Soft Shock	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s
2022	872	Date With The Night	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s
2020	712	Maps	WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time
2019	8	Maps	KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time
2019	397	Y-Control	KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time
2019	423	Gold Lion	KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time
2019	573	Phenomena	KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time
2018	265	Maps	The Current's 893 Essential Songs
2018	69	Maps	WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018
2014	86	Maps	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2014	135	Y-Control	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2014	276	Gold Lion	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2014	625	Cheated Hearts	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2014	1938	Sacrilege	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013	30	Sacrilege	CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2013
2013	30	Sacrilege	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2013
2013	52	Sacrilege	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2013
2013	55	Sacrilege	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2013
2013	87	Sacrilege	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2013
2013	154	Sacrilege	WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2013
2013	94	Maps	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013	141	Y-Control	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013	282	Gold Lion	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013	629	Cheated Hearts	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013	1967	Date With The Night	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013	19	Maps	BBC 6 Music 100 Best Tracks Of The Last 10 Years
2013	72	Maps	WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013)
2012	411	Maps	WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown
2011	97	Maps	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011	149	Y-Control	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011	299	Gold Lion	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011	635	Cheated Hearts	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011	1948	Date With The Night	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010	4	Heads Will Roll	WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2010
2010	46	Heads Will Roll	102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2010
2010	55	Dull Life	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2010
2010	100	Maps	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010	160	Y-Control	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010	319	Gold Lion	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010	662	Cheated Hearts	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010	1867	Date With The Night	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010	170	Maps	102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium
2010	786	Maps	WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010)
2009	16	Zero	WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2009
2009	52	Heads Will Roll	WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2009
2009	64	Zero	89X Top 89 Songs of 2009
2009	10	Zero	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2009
2009	26	Heads Will Roll	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2009
2009	32	Zero	102.1 The Edge The Top 102 of 2009
2009	54	Heads Will Roll	102.1 The Edge The Top 102 of 2009
2009	9	Heads Will Roll	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2009
2009	11	Zero	KSLG Top 94 of 2009
2009	14	Heads Will Roll	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2009
2009	21	Zero	WVBR Top 93 of 2009
2009	25	Zero	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2009
2009	26	Zero	WRNR Top 104 Songs of 2009
2009	26	Zero	X96 Top 50 Songs of 2009
2009	26	Zero	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2009
2009	29	Zero	FM 102/1 Top 50 of 2009
2009	29	Heads Will Roll	KSLG Top 94 of 2009
2009	32	Heads Will Roll	Impact 89FM Top 89 of 2009
2009	33	Zero	Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2009
2009	33	Heads Will Roll	WERG Top 90 of 2009
2009	40	Zero	WBER Listener Countdown 2009
2009	41	Zero	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2009
2009	48	Heads Will Roll	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2009
2009	50	Zero	WCYY Top 50 of 2009
2009	51	Zero	Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2009
2009	62	Zero	99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2009
2009	63	Zero	WERG Top 90 of 2009
2009	76	Sheena Is a Punk Rocker	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2009
2009	90	Zero	106.1 The Corner Top 106 Songs of 2009
2009	11	Heads Will Roll	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2009
2009	25	Zero	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2009
2009	24	Zero	WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2009
2009	439	Maps	Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009)
2009	104	Maps	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	176	Y-Control	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	331	Gold Lion	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	738	Cheated Hearts	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	1820	Date With The Night	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	24	Maps	WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 2009)
2009	90	Maps	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade
2008	104	Maps	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008	181	Y-Control	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008	323	Gold Lion	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008	790	Cheated Hearts	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008	1816	Date With The Night	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007	85	Down Boy	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007
2007	80	Maps	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007	120	Y-Control	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007	234	Gold Lion	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007	654	Cheated Hearts	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007	1774	Date With The Night	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007	64	Artist ranking	Live 105 Top 105.3 Artists of All-Time (May 2007)
2006	77	Gold Lion	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2006
2006	21	Gold Lion	91X Top 91 Songs of 2006
2006	36	Gold Lion	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2006
2006	23	Gold Lion	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2006
2006	57	Cheated Hearts	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2006
2006	15	Gold Lion	The End Top 107 Songs of 2006
2006	22	Cheated Hearts	The End Top 107 Songs of 2006
2006	38	Gold Lion	89X Top 89 Songs of 2006
2006	10	Cheated Hearts	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006
2006	12	Gold Lion	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006
2006	12	Gold Lion	Y100 Top 88.5 Songs of 2006
2006	38	Cheated Hearts	Y100 Top 88.5 Songs of 2006
2006	54	Gold Lion	CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2006
2006	71	Gold Lion	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2006
2006	31	Gold Lion	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2006
2006	45	Cheated Hearts	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2006
2006	48 (tie)	Gold Lion	WBER Listener Countdown 2006
2006	62	Cheated Hearts	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2006
2006	78	Gold Lion	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2006
2006	80	Cheated Hearts	WBER Listener Countdown 2006
2006	24	Gold Lion	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006
2006	66	Phenomena	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006
2006	59	Gold Lion	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2006
2006	231	Maps	Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)
2006	383	Gold Lion	Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)
2006	335	Maps	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006)
2006	52	Maps	The End Top 107 Songs of the Millennium (December 2006)
2006	687	Artist ranking	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006)
2005	16	Maps	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005
2005	249	Maps	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005)
2005	1923	Maps	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	1957	Date With The Night	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	763	Maps	99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2005	91	Maps	96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium
2004	15	Maps	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2004
2004	18	Maps	91X Top 91 Songs of 2004
2004	7	Maps	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2004
2004	29	Maps	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004
2004	51	Maps	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2004
2004	7	Maps	K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2004
2004	4	Maps	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004
2004	9	Maps	The End Top 77 Songs of 2004
2004	46	Y-Control	The End Top 77 Songs of 2004
2004	44	Maps	89X Top 89 Songs of 2004
2004	51	Maps	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2004
2004	47	Maps	Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2004
2004	46	Maps	CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004
2004	40	Maps	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2004
2004	8	Maps	WBER Listener Countdown 2004
2004	18	Maps	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004
2004	30	Maps	G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2004
2004	35	Maps	99X Essential 99 of 2004
2004	37	Maps	X96 Top 50 Songs of 2004
2004	42	Maps	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2004
2004	77	Y-Control	G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2004
2004	136 (tie)	Y-Control	WBER Listener Countdown 2004
2004	194 (tie)	Man	WBER Listener Countdown 2004
2004	52	Maps	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2004
2004	1967	Date With The Night	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	297	Maps	Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004)
2003	59	Date With The Night	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003
2003	18	Maps	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2003
2003	46 (tie)	Date With The Night	WBER Listener Countdown 2003
2003	1967	Date With The Night	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002	12	Bang	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2002

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