Album · Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
I Learned the Hard Way by Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
I Learned the Hard Way is an album by Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, released in 2010. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 6 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “I Learned The Hard Way”, on 6 lists with a best position of #3.
I Learned the Hard Way, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings' fourth studio album, came out on Daptone on April 6, 2010, and it's one more reason this band sounded like the real deal from the golden age of soul. Daptone co-founder Gabriel Roth, credited as "Bosco Mann", produced it at the label's House of Soul Studios over 2009 and 2010.
The Dap-Kings, the Daptone house band who had already lent their chops to Amy Winehouse's Back to Black, lay down tight, horn-punched funk and soul straight out of soul's vintage golden era, and Jones tears into it with grit and fire. Reviews were warm, and buyers turned up fast: 23,000 copies went out the door in week one, enough for a number 15 debut on the Billboard 200. Give the People What They Want came next.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from I Learned the Hard Way on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Learned The Hard Way | 6 | #3 | – | 2010–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.