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Sonia Dada
Band Chicago Formed 1990
Sonia Dada formed in 1990 in Chicago. Sonia Dada has 20 chart appearances on 13 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 1999–2019. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “You Don't Treat Me No Good”, which appears on 8 lists with a best position of #411. The station that charted Sonia Dada most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 14 appearances.
Sonia Dada started in Chicago in 1990 with a story too good to make up: Daniel Pritzker heard Michael Scott, Paris Delane and Sam Hogan singing in a subway station and asked them to join his band. What they made was a big, sweaty mix of rock, soul, gospel and funk, all gospel-soaked harmonies and a band that could groove all night.
Their self-titled 1992 debut sold more than 100,000 copies, and "You Don't Treat Me No Good" became a major radio hit. It did even better in Australia, where the single spent 4 weeks at number one and the album went to number two; "You Ain't Thinking (About Me)" reached number three there. In 1994 they opened for Traffic and headlined a hugely successful tour of Australia.
Four more studio albums and a live album followed, and Test Pattern, in 2004, came with a bonus DVD of short films by Jeth Weinrich. Through it all they've stayed a fixture on the Chicago music scene.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Sonia Dada on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You Don't Treat Me No Good | 8 | #411 | – | – | |
| 2 | You Ain't Thinking (About Me) | 7 | #777 | – | – | |
| 3 | Lester's Methadone Clinic | 3 | #646 | – | – | |
| 4 | Old Bones | 1 | #463 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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