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Mando Diao
Band Borlänge Sweden Formed 1999
Mando Diao formed in 1999 in Borlänge, Sweden. Mando Diao has 3 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2003–2004. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Sheepdog”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #40. The station that charted Mando Diao most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2003.
Mando Diao came barrelling out of Borlänge, Sweden, in 1999, and their debut album, Bring 'Em In, landed in 2002 all ragged guitars, hollered choruses and the kind of cocky, sprinting energy that makes a band sound like it's trying to outrun its own amps. "Sheepdog" was the song that did the damage on the countdowns.
Björn Dixgård sings and plays guitar, with Carl-Johan Fogelklou on bass, Daniel Haglund on keyboards and Patrik Heikinpieti on drums; Gustaf Norén is among the names who have passed through the ranks. It's alternative rock with a garage-band snarl and a pop band's appetite for a hook.
The real breakthrough came later, with Hurricane Bar, and the audience that grew up around them stretches well beyond Sweden, into Germany, Austria and Switzerland and all the way to Japan. They picked up the Musikexportpriset in 2009, and Universal Music Group is the label behind them.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Mando Diao on radio countdowns
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1947 | Sheepdog | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) |
| 2003 | 40 | Sheepdog | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 |
| 2003 | 1946 | Sheepdog | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) |
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