  Switchfoot (a surfing term)
consists of Jon Foreman on vocals and guitar,
his brother, Tim Foreman on bass and vocals,
Jerome Fontamillas on guitar, keyboards and
vocals (joining in 2002), and Chad Butler on
drums. The band was conceived in San Diego in
the mid-90s as an alternative to pro surfing.
By their 4th LP, Switchfoot had expanded
their following from Christian rock to
mainstream and alternative rock, as well as
hitting the pop charts.
 Switchfoot released Legend
Of Chin.
Switchfoot won San Diego Music
Award for Best New Artist.
Switchfoot released New
Way To Be Human.
Switchfoot won
a Dove Ward for Modern Rock Song of the Year
("New Way To Be Human").
 Switchfoot released Learning
To Breathe.
Switchfoot were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel
Album.
Switchfoot won San Diego Music
Awards for Best Pop Album and Best Pop
Artist.
 Switchfoot could be heard with
tracks on the soundtrack for A
Walk To Remember. The tracks included
"I Dare You To Move,"
"Learning To Breathe,"
"You," and "Only Hope,"
Switchfoot won San Diego Music
Award for Best Adult Alternative Album.
 Switchfoot
released Beautiful
Letdown.
Switchfoot won San Diego Music
Awards for Album of the Year and Pop Album of
the Year.
 # 8
Singles Artist of the Year
 Switchfoot hit
the Top 40 with "Meant To Live."
After 19 weeks
on the charts, Switchfoot hit the Top 10 with "Meant To Live."
 Switchfoot hit
the Top 40 with "Dare You To Move."
Switchfoot hit the Top 10 with "Dare You To Move."
The single "Meant To Live" was certified
gold.
Beautiful
Letdown was certified 2x platinum.
Switchfoot topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Christian
Artist and with the Top Christian Album (Beautiful
Letdown).
# 346 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 # 53
Singles Artist of the Year
 Switchfoot hit the Top 40 with
"This Is Your Life."
Switchfoot won 4 gospel music
Dove Awards including Artist of the Year.
The single "Meant To Live" was certified
platinum and "Dare You To Move" was certified
gold.
 Switchfoot will release Nothing
Is Sound.
Switchfoot hit the Top 40 with
"Stars."
Switchfoot topped the Billboard
Top Internet Albums chart with Nothing
Is Sound.
Nothing
Is Sound was certified gold.
 Switchfoot topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Christian
Artist.
 # 129
Singles Artist of the Year
Switchfoot hit the Top 40 with
"We Are One Tonight."
 Switchfoot released Oh!
Gravity.
Switchfoot
topped the Billboard Top Internet Albums
chart and Top Christian LP chart with Oh!
Gravity.
 Switchfoot
released Hello
Hurricane.
Switchfoot won a Grammy Award for
Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album (Hello
Hurricane).
 Switchfoot released Vice
Verses.
Switchfoot released Fading
West.
 Switchfoot topped the Billboard
Alternative Albums chart with Fading
West.
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Legend Of Chin
Released: June, 1997
Tracks: "Bomb"
- "Chem 6a" -
"Underwater" - "Edge Of My
Seat" - "Home" -
"Might Have Ben Hur" -
"Concrete Girl" - "Life
And Love And Why" - "You"
- "Ode To Chin" - "Don't
Be There" |
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New Way To Be Human
Released: March, 1999
Tracks: "New Way To
Be Human" - "Incomplete" -
"Sooner Or Later (Soren's
Song)" - "Company Car" -
"Let That Be Enough" -
"Something More (Augustine's
Confession)" - "Only Hope"
- "Amy's Song" - "I Turn
Everything Over" - "Under The
Floor" |
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Learning To Breathe
Released: September, 2000
Tracks: "I Dare You
To Move" - "Learning To
Breathe" - "You Already Take Me
There" - "Love Is The
Movement" - "Poparazzi" -
"Innocence Again" -
"Playing For Keeps" -
"Loser" - "Economy Of
Mercy" - "Erosion" -
"Living Is Simple" |
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Beautiful Letdown
Released: February, 2003
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 16
Tracks: "Meant To Live" - "This Is Your Life" - "More
Than Fine" - "Ammunition"
- "Dare You To Move" -
"Redemption" - "Beautiful
Let Down" - "Gone" -
"On Fire" - "Adding To The
Noise" - "24" |
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Nothing Is Sound
Released: September, 2005
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Lonely
Nation" - "Stars" -
"Happy Is A Yuppie Word" -
"Shadow Proves The Sunshine" -
"Easier Than Love" -
"Blues" - "Setting
Sun" - "Politicians" -
"Golden" - "Fatal
Wound" - "We Are One Tonight" -
"Daisy" |
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Oh! Gravity
Released: December, 2006
Billboard
peak:
# 18
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "Oh!
Gravity" - "American
Dream" - "Dirty Second
Hands" - "Awakening" -
"Circles" - "Amateur
Lovers" - "Faust, Midas And
Myself" - "Head Over Heels (In
This Life)" - "Yesterdays"
- "Burn Out Bright" -
"4:12" - "Let Your Love Be
Strong" |
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Hello Hurricane
Released: November, 2009
Billboard
peak:
# 13
Tracks: "Needle And
Haystack Life" - "Mess Of
Me" - "Your Love Is A
Song" - "The Sound (John M.
Perkin's Blues)" - "Enough To
Let Me Go" - "Free" -
"Hello Hurricane" -
"Always" - "Bullet
Soul" - "Yet" - "Sing
It Out" - "Red Eyes" |
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Vice Versa
Released: September, 2011
Tracks:
"Afterlife" - "THe
Original" - "The War
Inside" - "Restless" -
"Blinding Light" -
"Selling The News" -
"Thrive" - "Dark
Horses" - "Souvenirs" -
"Rise Above It" - "Vice
Verses" - "Where I Belong"
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Fading West
Released: January 14, 2014
Billboard
peak:
# 6
Tracks: "Love Alone
Is Worth The Fight" - "Who We
Are" - "When We Come
Alive" - "Say It Like You Mean
It" - "The World You Want"
- "Slipping Away" -
"BA55" - "Let It Out"
- "All Or Nothing At All" -
"Saltwater Heart" - "Back
To The Beginning Again" |
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Where The Light Shines
Through
Released: July 8, 2016
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 10
Tracks: "Love Alone
Is Worth The Flight" - "Who We
Are" - "When We Come
Alive" - "Say It Like You Mean
It" - "The World You Want"
- "Slipping Away" -
"BA55" - "Let It Out"
- "All Or Nothing At All" -
"Saltwater Heart" - "Back
To The Beginning Again" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
Native Tongue
Released: January 18, 2019
Tracks: "Let It
Happen" - "Native Tongue"
- "All I Need" -
"Voices" - "Dig New
Streams" - "Joy
Invincible" - "Prodigal
Soul" - "THe Hardest Art"
- "Wonderful Feeling" -
"Take My Fire" - "The
Strength To Let Go" -
"Oxygen" - "We'Re Gonna Be
Alright" - "You'Re The One I
Want" |
iTunes
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vinyl |
interrobang
Released: August 20, 2021
Tracks:
"beloved" - "lost
'cause" - "fluoresent" -
"if i were you" - "the
bones of us" - "splinter"
- "i need you (to be wrong)" -
"the hard way" -
"wolves" - "backwards in
time" - "electricity" |
vinyl |
This Is Our Christmas
Album
Released: November 4, 2022
Tracks: "California
Christmas" - "Looking For
Christmas" - "Christmas Time Is
Here" - "Scrappy Little
Christmas Tree" - "Silent
Night/It Came Upon A Midnight Clear"
- "I Heard The Bells On Christmas
Day" - "Midlife Christmas"
- "Interlude (Everybody Knows A
Turkey) - "The Christmas Song"
- "New Year's Day" - "O
Little Town Of Bethlehem" |
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position links lead you to the song's Top
40 chart run (from the ARC Weekly Top
40)
and LP links take you to Amazon.com for that LP (often
including track listings and sound
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