Artist · chart history
Milky Chance
Band Kassel Germany Formed 2012
Milky Chance formed in 2012 in Kassel, Germany. Milky Chance has 71 chart appearances on 68 radio countdowns from 27 stations on RockLists, spanning 2014–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Stolen Dance”, which appears on 32 lists with a best position of #4. The station that charted Milky Chance most often is 102.7 WEQX (Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)), with 9 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2014.
Milky Chance come from Kassel, Germany, where singer and guitarist Clemens Rehbein and bassist and percussionist Philipp Dausch started the band in 2012; Antonio Greger and Sebastian Schmidt have since joined them. Their first single, "Stolen Dance", came out in April 2013 and spread across borders, going to number one in several countries and winning the 1Live Krone radio award for Best Single. It's a strange little earworm: a lazy acoustic strum, a skittering electronic beat and Rehbein's raspy, sleepy voice drifting over the top, folk music for people who stay up too late.
The debut album Sadnecessary followed that October with "Flashed Junk Mind" and "Down by the River", and got to number 14 in Germany. By late 2014 the duo had made their TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, collected a European Border Breakers Award and headed to North America to play venues like the House of Blues and festivals like Coachella.
Blossom, in 2017, brought "Cocoon" and the title track, and the next year they won the Echo award for Best National Rock/Pop Group. "Colorado" came along in 2021, and Living In A Haze arrived in 2023 with its title track and "Synchronize", still built on that breezy blend of folk guitar and electronic pulse.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Milky Chance on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stolen Dance | 32 | #4 | – | 2014 | |
| 2 | Colorado | 8 | #5 | – | 2021 | |
| 3 | Flashed Junk Mind | 7 | #26 | – | 2015 | |
| 4 | Cocoon | 5 | #12 | – | 2017 | |
| 5 | Living in a Haze | 5 | #15 | – | 2023 | |
| 6 | Don't Let Me Down | 3 | #41 | – | 2020 | |
| 7 | Synchronize | 4 | #42 | – | 2022 | |
| 8 | Blossom | 3 | #259 | – | – | |
| 9 | The Game | 3 | #57 | – | 2019 | |
| 10 | Naked And Alive | 1 | #64 | – | 2025 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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