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“Dakota” by Stereophonics
From the album Language. Sex. Violence. Other? (2005)
“Dakota” by Stereophonics appears on 17 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2005 and 2024. It was first released in 2005 on the album Language. Sex. Violence. Other?. Its best result is #17 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #93 alternative song of 2005 and #1,798 alternative song of all time.
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"Dakota" led off Language. Sex. Violence. Other?, the fifth album from Welsh rockers Stereophonics, in early 2005, and it gave them something they had never managed before: a number one on the UK Singles Chart. Kelly Jones started on the music in a Paris hotel room in January 2004, stuck on a promo tour for You Gotta Go There to Come Back and hunting for a new sound; he was sure enough of what he had that he texted the boss of V2 to say so. A month later, touring America, he finished the lyrics in Vermillion, South Dakota, which gave the song its working title.
Jones wrote it alone and produced and mixed it with engineer Jim Lowe, and it chugs forward on a driving, shimmering pulse built for open highways. In America it went out as "Dakota (You Made Me Feel Like the One)" and became the band's only entry on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.
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 | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 45 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 | 101 |
| 2005 | 59 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2005 | 107 |
| 2005 | 17 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 | 101 |
| 2005 | 35 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 | 150 |
| 2005 | 86 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2005 | 103 |
| 2005 | 125 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1996 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2006 | 443 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
| 2007 | 424 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 549 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 560 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 574 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 603 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 616 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 644 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2022 | 436 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 615 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
Also listed as: Dakota (You Made Me Feel Like the One); Dakota (You Made Me Feel Like The One).
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