Song · Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
“Stranger To My Happiness” by Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
From the album Give the People What They Want (2014)
“Stranger To My Happiness” by Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings appears on 11 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2013 and 2026. It was first released in 2014 on the album Give the People What They Want. Its best result is #37 on the WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2013. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #129 indie & aaa song of 2013 and #2,174 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Stranger to My Happiness" comes from Give the People What They Want, the fifth album from soul and funk band Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, which Daptone released on January 14, 2014. It's Bosco Mann's work from top to bottom: he wrote the words and the music, produced it and engineered it.
The album drew warm reviews and a nomination for Best R&B Album at the 57th Grammy Awards. Rolling Stone's Will Hermes hailed the band as a national treasure, keeping tradition alive while stretching it, and NME's Ben Cardow reckoned reliability had rarely sounded so funky.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 37 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2013 | 89 |
| 2013 | 130 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2013 | 200 |
| 2014 | 83 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2014 | 90 |
| 2014 | 141 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2014 | 200 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 52 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2019 | 881 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 881 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2020 | 1428 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2024 | 374 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2025 | 472 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 504 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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