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“Stolen Dance” by Milky Chance

From the album Sadnecessary (2013)

“Stolen Dance” by Milky Chance appears on 32 radio countdowns from 22 stations between 2014 and 2026. It was first released in 2013 on the album Sadnecessary. Its best result is #4 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2014. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #5 alternative song of 2014, #2,358 alternative song of all time and #75 of the '10s.

32countdowns
22stations
#4best position
0#1 finishes
10top 10 finishes
2014–2026years charted

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"Stolen Dance" was the song that broke the German duo Milky Chance, who made their debut album, Sadnecessary, in a homemade studio in Clemens Rehbein's childhood home in 2013. Rehbein wrote it, and the band said it took them three years to get right. It's a strange, lovely hybrid: a folk strum and a husky, lived-in voice riding a loping, laid-back beat that sounds like it drifted in from a beach bonfire.

It spread the modern way. An early version went up on YouTube in September 2012, and the final one, posted in April 2013, went viral and piled up millions of views. From there it went to number one in Austria, France, Ireland, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary and more, and Triple J listeners voted it to No. 4 in the Hottest 100 of 2014.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2014 7 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2014 91
2014 31 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2014 103
2014 15 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2014 99
2014 7 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2014 100
2014 9 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2014 50
2014 5 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2014 103
2014 5 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2014 51
2014 7 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2014 104
2014 7 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME WCYY Top 50 CYY Songs of 2014 50
2014 5 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2014 50
2014 42 The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN The Current Top 89 Songs of 2014 89
2014 13 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2014 107
2014 25 WXPN Philadelphia, PA WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2014 200
2014 4 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2014 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2014 814 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2015 357 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 83 102.7 WEQX WEQX Top 102.7 of the 2010's Decade 103
2019 33 ALT 98.7 ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade 98
2019 8 103.3 The Edge 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade 103
2019 302 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 33 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Songs of Last Decade (2010s) 107
2020 88 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s 102
2020 62 The Buzz The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade 99
2020 36 X96 X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade 100
2020 37 Triple J Triple J Hottest 100 of the 2010s (2020) 100
2020 314 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2022 16 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2023 189 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2024 243 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055
2025 373 The Current 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now 893
2025 293 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909
2026 27 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

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