Colourblind (Darius Campbell song) Colourblind (Darius Campbell song) "Colourblind" is the debut single by Scottish singer and "Pop Idol" runner-up Darius Campbell. It is the first song taken from his debut solo album "Dive In". It was released on 29 July 2002 and reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks. The song has sold 325,000 copies in the UK as stated by the Official UK Charts Company. It also peaked at Number 13 in the Irish Charts. After turning down an offer of a multimillion-dollar record deal by "Pop Idol" judge Simon Cowell to sign with his record label, Darius
Dakota (song) and being "too concerned with making an impressive noise and not concerned enough with a tune." "Dakota" gave Stereophonics their first UK number one single as it topped both the Singles and Download charts. It remained in the charts for 44 weeks and ranked at number 40 on the year-end charts. It was also the band's first single to chart on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart, peaking at number 34. In Ireland the song peaked at number 8 and remained in the chart for seven weeks. Show of Hands recorded a cover version for their 2010 album "Covers 2".