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mattiejj t1_iuj9hd6 wrote

The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony.

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DeadBallDescendant t1_iuj9xan wrote

This is the problem with one-hit wonder conversations. In some countries The Verve might only have had one hit, in the UK they had loads.

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DevinBelow t1_iujatej wrote

Yeah. Like I was gonna say Blind Melon, but their second album (and the singles from it), did very well in Canada (even though they are not Canadian), and if they didn't, I probably wouldn't be as big of a fan, and be mentioning them in this thread. Also, No Rain, isn't even a top 10 Blind Melon song imo.

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Necessary_Comfort812 OP t1_iujbti0 wrote

But this is the nice thing about conversations about this topic too. Who cares if they have made more songs. Probably people are going to say bands now that I've never heard about before.

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Necessary_Comfort812 OP t1_iujabva wrote

Yeah that's true. But if we're thinking more globally. For me a wonder need to get out more than UK. I understand what you mean but I would still count that the band had one one hit wonder. I don't know if I can articulate what I mean.

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Accomplished_Ad8211 t1_iujfmd9 wrote

And that's where the 2. Issue comes in , if there's not a certain hype about a country specific genre( k pop) or the artist basically builds a Genre, that gets extremely popular (Rammstein) most non English & Spanish speaking artists become one hit wonders.

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BuckNutley t1_iujezik wrote

They had a few hit songs even in North America. Richard Ashcroft is still doing his thing currently.

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Necessary_Comfort812 OP t1_iuj9muz wrote

Yeah that's a good one. But do you feel one hit wonders have died out? If not give me an example of a more recent one.

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