The Boxer Rebellion

Data updated on 2025-07-05 16:52:18 UTC

The Boxer Rebellion is an international indie rock band formed in London in 2001, featuring Tennessee-born Nathan Nicholson (vocals, guitar, keyboards) alongside English musicians Adam Harrison (bass), Piers Hewitt (drums) and Andrew Smith (lead guitar), who joined the band following the departure of TBR's original guitarist Todd Howe.

Known for their atmospheric post-rock textures and anthemic songwriting, the band quickly gained recognition for their emotive sound and dynamic live performances. Emerging during the post-Britpop era, they achieved breakthrough success in 2009 with Union, one of the first self-released digital albums to break into the UK Albums Chart—solidifying their reputation as pioneers of independent music. Describing the band’s impact, NME declared, “This band can alter your life.”

As of 2025, The Boxer Rebellion has released seven studio albums and continues to sell out headline shows across Europe, North America, and beyond. Staying true to their independent roots, they consistently push creative boundaries, captivating audiences with their soaring melodies and deeply resonant lyricism.

Genres

: indie rock

Total plays

115.3 million

Updated on 2025-07-05

Date	Total plays
2025-07-05	115,282,010
2025-06-28	114,945,864
2025-06-19	114,364,553
2025-06-11	114,091,167
2025-06-04	114,732,444
2025-05-26	113,617,159
2025-05-18	113,397,934
2025-05-02	112,958,496
2025-04-23	112,717,081
2025-04-14	112,481,493
2025-04-06	112,278,712
2025-03-28	112,030,655
2025-03-20	111,778,422
2025-03-11	111,401,016
2025-03-02	111,104,282
2025-02-22	110,878,199
2025-02-12	110,626,535
2025-02-03	110,414,909
2025-01-24	110,161,699
2025-01-16	109,966,152
2025-01-07	109,748,579
2024-12-30	109,575,645
2024-12-21	109,392,937
2024-12-13	109,205,359
2024-11-21	108,666,338
2024-06-10	104,956,740
2024-05-29	104,463,274
2024-05-13	104,066,212
2024-04-26	103,629,862
2024-04-11	103,242,802
2024-03-28	102,866,758
2024-03-12	102,425,480
2024-02-26	101,989,194
2024-02-12	101,496,107
2023-11-26	99,523,314
2023-10-16	97,849,692
2023-09-30	97,196,681
2023-09-15	96,711,650
2023-08-29	92,613,790
2023-08-25	92,490,865
2023-08-20	92,321,627

Social media links

Monthly listeners

425,887

Followers

117,199

Top Cities

Amsterdam

18,317 listeners
Rotterdam

14,969 listeners
London

5,705 listeners
Utrecht

8,131 listeners
Brussels

5,371 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track	Plays	Duration	Release date
Diamonds	26,034,876	4:06	2013-05-13
Big Ideas	7,819,477	4:27	2016-03-03
Keep Moving - Radio Edit	5,570,323	3:08	2014-03-17
If You Run	3,945,040	4:49	2010-09-14
Caught By The Light	3,683,491	4:51	2011-02-07
Here I Am	3,453,840	4:47	2018-02-16
Spitting Fire	3,297,362	2:50	2005-08-07
What the Fuck	3,120,554	4:24	2017-03-29
New York	3,101,369	2:55	2013-05-13
Love Yourself	2,681,713	3:54	2017-11-03
Let's Disappear	2,658,369	4:18	2016-04-29
No Harm	2,508,187	4:02	2011-02-07
Both Sides Are Even	2,136,093	5:05	2011-02-07
Weapon	2,117,519	3:16	2016-04-15
Keep Moving - Sultan + Shepard Reboot	1,955,974	3:37	2019-12-13
Keep Moving	1,645,724	4:08	2013-05-13
Pull Yourself Together	1,588,401	3:19	2016-04-29
Promises	1,451,496	4:37	2013-05-13
Always (Album Version)	1,432,176	3:36	2013-05-13
Let It Go	1,316,821	4:27	2016-04-29
Dream	1,220,810	5:10	2013-05-13
Semi-Automatic	1,205,294	3:23	2005-08-07
Fragile	1,172,615	4:29	2013-05-13
Step Out Of The Car	1,170,160	3:03	2011-02-07
You Can Love Me	1,034,058	5:17	2016-04-29
You Belong to Me	1,028,824	3:36	2013-05-13
Firework	974,803	3:27	2016-04-29
The Runner	871,963	3:39	2011-02-07
Keep Me Close	837,898	4:31	2016-02-17
Safe House	793,813	4:58	2013-05-13
Take Me Back	774,767	3:34	2013-05-13
Keep Moving - Original Mix	772,670	5:60	2014-07-28
Evacuate	768,136	3:32	2005-08-07
Low	742,803	3:12	2013-05-13
Love Yourself	710,924	5:01	2018-03-09
Redemption	660,085	3:57	2016-04-29
The Fog I Was Lost In	614,766	2:56	2016-04-29
Locked In The Basement	577,893	3:42	2011-02-07
Powdered Sugar	557,830	3:07	2023-11-15
Flashing Red Light Means Go	528,179	5:25	2005-08-07
Fear	515,725	3:17	2018-03-09
Spitting Fire (Live In Tennessee)	497,168	2:55	2011-09-11
Cause For Alarm	488,611	3:34	2011-02-07
Murder Ballad (2007)	455,246	4:16	2012-11-08
Always (Acoustic)	449,328	3:17	2014-09-22
If You Run (Live In Tennessee)	430,603	4:38	2011-09-11
Rain	400,609	5:01	2018-03-09
Soviets	381,270	4:08	2005-08-07
Organ Song	364,363	3:28	2011-02-07
Diamonds (Further Than I Ever Was)	364,068	4:57	2025-06-20
Don't Look Back	359,450	4:04	2018-03-09
River	345,684	4:07	2018-03-09
Memo	337,753	3:05	2011-02-07
Goodnight	322,772	3:58	2018-01-19
Misplaced	308,814	6:15	2005-08-07
Diamonds - Live at the Forum	305,300	4:46	2014-09-29
Let's Disappear - Alt Version	299,859	4:16	2016-10-28
Before Tomorrow (2004)	295,312	3:53	2012-11-08
We Have This Place Surrounded	286,917	4:27	2005-05-02
Lost Cause	270,268	3:05	2018-03-09
The Gospel Of Goro Adachi	266,045	3:38	2005-08-07
The Gospel of Goro Adachi	266,045	3:38	2009-01-13
Watermelon	263,681	3:27	2005-05-02
Lightness Out Of Darkness	249,256	4:29	2023-11-15
Open Arms	234,265	5:24	2024-02-14
Here I Am - Hidden Citizens Epic Version	227,779	3:48	2018-11-23
Lay Me Down	221,580	5:22	2005-05-02
Under Control	220,304	4:22	2018-03-09
Don't Ever Stop	214,768	3:46	2018-03-09
These Walls Are Thin	210,586	2:32	2005-08-07
Move On	209,094	4:17	2005-08-07
Spitting Fire (Acoustic Version) [2010]	207,525	2:45	2012-11-08
Keep Moving - Bobby Rock Remix	185,501	5:54	2014-09-08
Broken Glass (2007)	181,751	4:50	2012-11-08
Forces	180,168	4:04	2005-08-07
Semi-Automatic (Live In Tennessee)	176,605	3:24	2011-09-11
World Without End	170,875	4:15	2005-05-02
A Man as Alive as the City	167,110	4:37	2024-01-17
The Gospel Of Goro Adachi (Live In Tennessee)	163,579	6:12	2011-09-11
What the Fuck - Edit	156,987	3:37	2017-03-29
Silent Movie	153,358	5:11	2005-08-07
The Absentee	139,843	5:51	2005-05-02
New York - Live at the Forum	138,839	2:47	2014-09-29
All You Do Is Talk	135,665	3:02	2005-05-02
Soviets (Spotify Session)	128,628	3:46	2012-03-29
Evacuate (Live In Tennessee)	123,486	3:56	2011-09-11
Semi Automatic - (Live at the Forum)	123,260	3:38	2014-09-29
Let's Disappear - Radio Edit	119,924	3:56	2016-10-28
Pull Yourself Together - Alt. Version	117,097	3:18	2016-10-28
Flashing Red Light Means Go (Live In Tennessee)	108,692	5:29	2011-09-11
Flight	105,957	4:13	2005-05-02
We Have This Place Surrounded (Live In Tennessee)	105,366	4:14	2011-09-11
Step Out Of The Car - Live at the Forum	103,476	3:17	2014-09-29
These Walls Are Thin (Live In Tennessee)	101,674	2:52	2011-09-11
Never Knowing How Or Why	99,743	4:10	2005-05-02
Code Red (Single Version) [2004]	93,480	4:10	2012-11-08
The Runner - Live at the Forum	89,819	4:58	2014-09-29
Soviets (Live In Tennessee)	88,496	4:16	2011-09-11
Misplaced (Live In Tennessee)	86,049	6:32	2011-09-11
Doubt	85,475	4:53	2011-02-07
Spitting Fire - Live at the Forum	83,330	2:53	2014-09-29
Take Me Back - Live at the Forum	83,101	3:43	2014-09-29
You Belong To Me - Live at the Forum	82,236	3:45	2014-09-29
Evacuate - Live at the Forum	79,144	3:59	2014-09-29
Step Out Of The Car (Live In Tennessee)	77,595	3:06	2011-09-11
The Runner (Live In Tennessee)	76,759	3:43	2011-09-11
We Have This Place Surrounded - Live at the Forum	75,665	4:23	2014-09-29
No Harm - Live at the Forum	74,944	4:40	2014-09-29
Doubt - Sideshow Dub Remix	74,111	5:41	2012-12-01
Keep Moving - Live at the Forum	70,237	4:01	2014-09-29
No Harm (Spotify Session)	68,888	3:52	2012-03-29
Semi-Automatic (Alternative Version) [2010]	68,798	3:53	2012-11-08
You - Sideshow Dub Remix	68,444	1:36	2012-03-29
Escapemos	68,105	4:08	2016-10-28
The New Heavy	67,603	2:13	2005-05-02
You & I (2003)	67,358	3:46	2012-11-08
Both Sides Are Even - Live at the Forum	66,817	5:07	2014-09-29
Palisade (2003)	66,766	4:17	2012-11-08
Locked in the Basement - Sideshow Dub Remix	65,230	4:10	2012-12-01
Cowboys & Engines	64,162	3:35	2005-05-02
Here I Am	63,101	4:60	2018-11-23
Forces (Live In Tennessee)	59,983	3:58	2011-09-11
Cowboys and Engines (Live In Tennessee)	58,166	3:43	2011-09-11
Always - Live at the Forum	58,063	3:48	2014-09-29
In Pursuit (Single Version) [2003]	57,382	3:22	2012-11-08
Fragile - Live at the Forum	56,992	5:59	2014-09-29
Silent Movie (Live In Tennessee)	55,057	4:24	2011-09-11
Watermelon (Single Version) [2003]	54,423	3:26	2012-11-08
Both Sides Are Even - Sideshow Dub Remix	53,395	4:24	2012-12-01
Empty (2003)	51,048	4:54	2012-11-08
Don't Drag Your Dirty Feet (2003)	50,955	4:12	2012-11-08
Outerspace (2003)	50,677	4:41	2012-11-08
Watermelon (Live In Tennessee)	48,389	3:51	2011-09-11
Organ Song - Sideshow Dub Remix	48,365	3:40	2012-12-01
Watermelon - Live at the Forum	47,146	3:54	2014-09-29
You (2010)	47,132	1:34	2012-11-08
Memo - Sideshow Dub Remix	46,981	4:20	2012-12-01
Big Ideas - Alt. Version	42,061	4:54	2016-10-28
Keep Moving - Sultan + Shepard Extended Reboot	40,557	5:10	2019-12-13
In the Empire (2003)	40,067	7:44	2012-11-08
Memo - Sideshow Dub Remix (Instrumental)	37,974	4:14	2012-12-01
From the Liars (2005)	36,820	4:26	2012-11-08
J F K F C (2005)	36,608	4:28	2012-11-08
Waiting (2006)	34,182	3:08	2012-11-08
325 (2010)	32,918	3:22	2012-11-08
Red Tape (2007)	30,813	3:28	2012-11-08
Keep Moving - Parag & Pankaj Remix	30,068	7:30	2014-09-08
Keep Me Close - Alt. Version	26,954	5:11	2016-10-28
The Fog I Was Lost In - Alt. Version	22,990	3:15	2016-10-28
Here I Am - IYEARA Remix	20,876	3:58	2018-11-23
Always (Resolution Remix)	15,197	4:51	2014-09-22
Code Red - Demo Version	11,130	3:58	2005-05-16
The Runner - The Joy Formidable Remix	10,689	4:26	2011-06-28
The Runner - Instrumental	8,260	3:28	2011-06-28
The Runner - The Joy Formidable Remix Instrumental	6,857	4:26	2011-06-28
The Gospel Of Goro Adachi - Live at the Forum	2,394	8:49	2014-09-29