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You Am I

Band Sydney Australia Formed 1989

You Am I formed in 1989 in Sydney, Australia. You Am I has 18 chart appearances on 12 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1993–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Berlin Chair”, which appears on 5 lists with a best position of #23. The station that charted You Am I most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 18 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1998.

18appearances

12countdowns

14songs charted

1stations

0#1 finishes

1993–2025years

You Am I formed in Sydney in December 1989 around singer, guitarist and songwriter Tim Rogers, a power pop band with a strutting swagger and a punk kick. Their 1993 debut, Sound as Ever, carried "Berlin Chair", a slow, bruised, lovely song, along with "Adam's Ribs" and "Jaimmes Got A Gal", and the ARIA Awards soon took notice.

Then came the hat trick. Hi Fi Way (1995), Hourly, Daily (1996) and #4 Record (1998) each debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart, making You Am I the first Australian band to pull that off three times in a row. Hi Fi Way, with "Purple Sneakers", is ranked number 8 in the book 100 Best Australian Albums; Hourly, Daily, with "Soldiers" and "Good Mornin'", is warm and sprawling; and #4 Record gave them "Heavy Heart" and "Rumble". Andy Kent and Russell Hopkinson have stuck with Rogers for the long haul, with Greg Hitchcock and later Davey Lane also joining the ranks.

Dress Me Slowly (2001) and Deliverance (2002) kept the fire going, and along the way the band opened for the Who, the Rolling Stones, Sonic Youth and Oasis. All told they have won ten ARIA Music Awards from 31 nominations, and the ARIA Hall of Fame took them in in November 2025.

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

Songs by You Am I on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Berlin Chair	222	5	#23	–	1994
2	Heavy Heart	92	1	#9	–	1998
3	Damage	78	1	#23	–	2000
4	Purple Sneakers	77	1	#24	–	1995
5	Adam's Ribs	51	1	#50	–	1993
6	Kick a Hole in the Sky	45	1	#56	–	2001
7	Get Up	44	1	#57	–	2001
8	Rumble	36	1	#65	–	1998
9	Jaimmes Got A Gal	24	1	#77	–	1994
10	Who Put the Devil in You	22	1	#79	–	2002
11	Soldiers	21	1	#80	–	1996
12	Cathy's Clown	17	1	#84	–	1995
13	Good Mornin'	17	1	#84	–	1996
14	Jewels and Bullets	7	1	#94	–	1995

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.

93 94 95 96 98 00 01 02

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2025	81	Berlin Chair	Triple J Hottest 100 of Australian Songs (2025)
2013	66	Berlin Chair	Triple J Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years (2013)
2009	52	Berlin Chair	Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (2009)
2002	79	Who Put the Devil in You	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002
2001	56	Kick a Hole in the Sky	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001
2001	57	Get Up	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001
2000	23	Damage	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2000
1998	9	Heavy Heart	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998
1998	65	Rumble	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998
1998	61	Berlin Chair	Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1998)
1996	80	Soldiers	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1996
1996	84	Good Mornin'	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1996
1995	24	Purple Sneakers	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995
1995	84	Cathy's Clown	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995
1995	94	Jewels and Bullets	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995
1994	23	Berlin Chair	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994
1994	77	Jaimmes Got A Gal	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994
1993	50	Adam's Ribs	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993

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