Song · Raphael Saadiq
“100 Yard Dash” by Raphael Saadiq
From the album The Way I See It (2008)
“100 Yard Dash” by Raphael Saadiq appears on 9 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2008 and 2024. It was first released in 2008 on the album The Way I See It. Its best result is #20 on the WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #62 indie & aaa song of 2008, #4,866 indie & aaa song of all time and #81 of the '00s.
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Raphael Saadiq sent "100 Yard Dash" out on March 30, 2009, as the second single from The Way I See It, his 2008 album for Columbia. He wrote it with Bobby Ozuna around one sly conceit: love pictured as a headlong sprint that leaves a man's heart hammering, all playful physical urgency. Critic Ken Tucker held it up as first-rate soul songwriting, an odd metaphor that Saadiq earns through the many ways he turns it over.
It's short and quick on its feet, a traditional soul number with a stiff backbeat and percussionist Jack Ashford shaking out a funky tambourine shuffle, and Saadiq sings it higher than anything else on the album. It never charted, but the critics were firmly on its side.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 55 | 88Nine Radio Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI | 88Nine Radio Milwaukee Top 100 Songs of 2008 | 100 |
| 2008 | 20 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2008 | 100 |
| 2009 | 32 | WRSI 93.9 The River Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA | WRSI Top 93 Songs of 2009 | 93 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 583 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2009 | 629 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Essential Songs | 913 |
| 2010 | 530 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2016 | 713 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2022 | 332 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 723 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
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