Song · Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
“I Learned The Hard Way” by Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
From the album I Learned the Hard Way (2010)
“I Learned The Hard Way” by Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings appears on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2010 and 2025. It was first released in 2010 on the album I Learned the Hard Way. Its best result is #3 on the WEXT Top 97 of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #102 indie & aaa song of 2010 and #2,633 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"I Learned the Hard Way" is the title track of the fourth album from soul and funk outfit Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, which Daptone Records released on April 6, 2010. Jones wrote it with Bosco Mann, the name Daptone co-founder Gabriel Roth goes by in the credits, and Mann also produced, engineered and arranged it with the Dap-Kings, with Sugarman & Roth as executive producers.
It was made at House of Soul Studios, the label's own room, in sessions that stretched from 2009 into 2010. The album gave the band a real chart moment, entering the Billboard 200 at 15 on first-week sales of 23,000.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 76 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2010 | 88 |
| 2010 | 92 | 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA | 106.1 The Corner Top 106 of 2010 | 105 |
| 2010 | 3 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2010 | 97 |
| 2010 | 58 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2010 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 554 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2025 | 354 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
Also listed as: I Learned the Hard Way.
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