Artist · chart history
Young the Giant
Band Irvine United States Formed 2004
Young the Giant formed in 2004 in Irvine, United States. Young the Giant has 149 chart appearances on 105 radio countdowns from 45 stations on RockLists, spanning 2010–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Cough Syrup”, which appears on 44 lists with a best position of #3. The station that charted Young the Giant most often is The Buzz (Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC), with 15 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2011.
Young the Giant started out in Irvine, California, in 2004 as the Jakes, and by the time Roadrunner signed them in 2009 they had become a band with a singer built for big rooms. Sameer Gadhia leads on vocals, with Jacob Tilley and Eric Cannata on guitars, Payam Doostzadeh on bass and François Comtois on drums, and the sound is sun-bleached alternative rock with a restless, soaring edge.
The self-titled debut in 2010 gave them a hat-trick: the first 3 singles, "My Body", "Cough Syrup" and "Apartment", all made the US alternative chart. "My Body" is a surging, stomping anthem built to be shouted back, and "Cough Syrup" is its moody twin, swelling from ache to catharsis with Gadhia's voice riding the crest.
Mind Over Matter followed in 2014 with "It's About Time" and its title track, and Home of the Strange in 2016 brought "Something to Believe In". Mirror Master, in 2018, gave them "Superposition", a slinkier, more shimmering side of the band, and in 2022 they split their next chapter into EPs, Act I: Origins with "Wake Up" and Act II: Exile with "The Walk Home".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Young the Giant on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cough Syrup | 44 | #3 | – | 2011 | |
| 2 | My Body | 39 | #3 | – | 2011 | |
| 3 | Something to Believe In | 14 | #2 | – | 2016 | |
| 4 | Superposition | 11 | #4 | – | 2019 | |
| 5 | It's About Time | 10 | #10 | – | 2014 | |
| 6 | Mind Over Matter | 6 | #18 | – | 2014 | |
| 7 | The Walk Home | 6 | #16 | – | 2023 | |
| 8 | Apartment | 5 | #45 | – | 2012 | |
| 9 | Wake Up | 4 | #40 | – | 2022 | |
| 10 | Simplify | 4 | #38 | – | 2018 | |
| 11 | Heat of the Summer | 2 | #25 | – | 2019 | |
| 12 | Silvertongue | 2 | #64 | – | 2017 | |
| 13 | Crystallized | 1 | #73 | – | 2015 | |
| 14 | Amerika | 1 | #92 | – | 2016 |
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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