Artist · chart history
Yellowcard
Band Jacksonville United States Formed 1997 US pop punk band
Yellowcard formed in 1997 in Jacksonville, United States. Yellowcard has 80 chart appearances on 65 radio countdowns from 29 stations on RockLists, spanning 2003–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Ocean Avenue”, which appears on 21 lists with a best position of #6. The station that charted Yellowcard most often is WBER (Rochester, NY), with 9 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2004.
Yellowcard came out of Jacksonville, Florida in 1997, and plenty of bands were playing pop-punk, but only one had Sean Mackin sawing away on a violin. That fiddle, weaving in and out of the power chords, is what made them instantly recognizable, and Mackin is the last of the original members still standing. Singer and rhythm guitarist Ryan Key, who started out as a guest vocalist, became the voice, and Longineu Parsons III kept the drums flying.
Ocean Avenue, in 2003, was the breakout, with its title track, "Only One" and "Way Away" all rushing, heartsick and built to be screamed along to in a packed club. The single "Ocean Avenue" went double platinum and the album went platinum, while "Only One" went gold. Lights and Sounds, in 2006, went darker and more ambitious and went gold too, with its title track and "Rough Landing, Holly", and Paper Walls followed in 2007 with "Light Up the Sky".
After ten studio albums in their first two decades, ending with a self-titled record in 2016, they toured it and called it quits. They reunited in May 2022, put out the Childhood Eyes EP in 2023 and followed it with Better Days in 2025.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Yellowcard on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ocean Avenue | 21 | #6 | – | 2004 | |
| 2 | Lights and Sounds | 17 | #24 | – | 2006 | |
| 3 | Only One | 13 | #25 | – | 2004 | |
| 4 | Way Away | 11 | #26 | – | 2003 | |
| 5 | Better Days | 3 | #8 | – | 2025 | |
| 6 | Rough Landing Holly | 2 | #22 | – | 2006 | |
| 7 | Ocean Ave. | 2 | #19 | – | 2004 | |
| 8 | Light Up the Sky | 1 | #57 | – | 2007 | |
| 9 | For You, And Your Desire | 1 | #31 | – | 2011 | |
| 10 | One Bedroom | 2 | #95 | – | 2014 | |
| 11 | Always Summer | 1 | #63 | – | 2012 | |
| 12 | For You and Your Denial | 1 | #63 | – | 2011 | |
| 13 | Here I Am Alive | 1 | #66 | – | 2012 | |
| 14 | Waiting Game | 1 | #120 | – | 2006 | |
| 15 | Keeper | 1 | #106 | – | 2008 | |
| 16 | Hang You Up | 1 | #75 | – | 2011 | |
| 17 | Walk Away | 1 | #90 | – | 2003 |
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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