Dakota

"Dakota"
Single by Stereophonics
from the album Language. Sex. Violence. Other?
Released	February 28, 2005
Format	Download CD single Vinyl single (Europe)
Recorded	2004-2005
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:57 (Album version) 4:01 (Radio edit)
Label	V2 Records
Writer(s)	Kelly Jones
Producer	Jim Lowe Kelly Jones
Stereophonics singles chronology
"Moviestar" (2004) "Dakota" (2005) "Superman" (2005)

"Dakota" (released in the US as "Dakota (You Made Me Feel Like The One)") is a song by the Welsh band Stereophonics. It was the first single from their fifth studio album Language. Sex. Violence. Other? and was released on February 28, 2005. It was the first Stereophonics single to reach #1 on the UK Singles Chart or to chart on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song spent a total of 20 weeks on the UK singles chart, and it also topped the download chart, remaining on the chart for 22 weeks, half of which were spent in the top 10. It also made an appearance in the video game Pro Evolution Soccer 2010.

US radio airplay

"Dakota" was the first Stereophonics single to achieve success on alternative rock radio stations in the United States - where it was promoted as "Dakota (You Made Me Feel Like The One)"^[1]. Before "Dakota", no Stereophonics single had charted on any rock charts in the U.S. After its release in February, the single steadily gained ground on U.S. alternative rock radio, notably on stations such as WFNX, WBCN and KROQ.

"Dakota" continued to gain support across the U.S. and eventually become the first Stereophonics song to chart on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. It first charted on July 9, 2005, almost half a year after its original release. The song peaked at #34 on the chart and remained on the chart for six weeks.^[2] It was their first and so-far only single to make the chart.

Track listings

CD1

1. "Dakota"
2. "Long Way Round"

CD2

1. "Dakota"
2. "Dakota (Footswitch Rework)"
3. "Soul" (demo)
4. "Dakota" (video)

DVD

1. "Dakota" (video)
2. "Making of Dakota"
3. "Dakota first rehearsals"

7"

1. "Dakota"
2. "Long Way Round"

Writing

On the November 7, 2007 at the M.E.N. Arena, Stereophonics lead singer, Kelly, announced that some of the lyrics to this song were written whilst staying in "a crap hotel in Paris".

References

See also

• 2005 in British music

External links

• Official site