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Zero 7
Band London United Kingdom Formed 1997
Zero 7 formed in 1997 in London, United Kingdom. Zero 7 has 22 chart appearances on 13 radio countdowns from 5 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Destiny”, which appears on 9 lists with a best position of #278. The station that charted Zero 7 most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 8 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2006.
Zero 7 are Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker, a London duo who learned their trade behind the glass at Mickie Most's RAK Studios, engineering records for Pet Shop Boys, Young Disciples and Robert Plant. The Zero 7 name first surfaced in 1997 on their remix of Radiohead's "Climbing Up the Walls", and they stayed close to that camp, adding programming to "Meeting in the Aisle", with Binns credited for extra sampling on Kid A.
Their debut album Simple Things, released in 2001, is the sound of two studio obsessives making the perfect late-night record: soft keys, lazy breakbeats, strings and warm, unhurried vocals. "Destiny" floats along on a gentle, head-nodding groove and hung on in the lower reaches of the UK singles chart, and "In The Waiting Line" is so hushed and hypnotic it barely raises its pulse. The album was up for the Shortlist Music Prize in 2002.
When It Falls, in 2004, stayed in the same dreamy, downtempo territory, and "Passing By" is another slow, sunlit drift. They went on to make The Garden and Yeah Ghost, and have also remixed Terry Callier, Lenny Kravitz, Sneaker Pimps and Lambchop.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Zero 7 on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Destiny | 9 | #278 | – | – | |
| 2 | In The Waiting Line | 6 | #198 | – | – | |
| 3 | Home | 2 | #343 | – | – | |
| 4 | Futures | 1 | #27 | – | 2006 | |
| 5 | Throw It All Away | 1 | #381 | – | – | |
| 6 | Passing By | 1 | #667 | – | – | |
| 7 | Somersault | 1 | #816 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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