3 Two-Hit Wonders You Actually May Never Have Heard Of

When a band writes and releases a hit song, it’s reasonable to expect their name to live on. That should be doubly so when the act achieves the feat a remarkable two times! But amazingly, that isn’t always the case for every act. Sometimes like a ship in the night, the group comes and goes and they are not remembered past a few short months.

Here below, we wanted to explore three bands that showcase that reality. A trio of two-hit wonder groups that released songs that rocketed up the charts but who no one talks about today and you, reader, may not even remember. Indeed, these are three two-hit wonders you actually may never have heard of in your entire life.

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“Tenderness” by General Public from All the Rage (1984) and “I’ll Take You There” from Threesome: Music From the Motion Picture (1994)

This British-born new wave band released two songs 10 years apart that raced up the charts. The band’s song “Tenderness” from their 1984 LP All the Rage hit No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100, and their cover of The Staples Singers tune “I’ll Take You There,” which was released in 1994 for the soundtrack for the film Threesome, hit No. 22 on the Hot 100. This made the band one of the few acts to achieve charting songs in different decades. Despite this, General Public is not a group these days often discussed amongst music fans.

“He Loves U Not” and “This Is Me” by Dream from It Was All a Dream (2000)

Formed in 1998, the all-girl quartet Dream released their debut studio album It Was All a Dream in 2001 and with it came two popular songs. The LP’s debut single, “He Loves U Not,” went all the way to the second spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. That pop track was followed up by “This Is Me,” which didn’t do quite as well but still hit No. 39 on the Hot 100. Today, though, the group is not talked about very often, despite their early millennium success.

“Right Here, Right Now” and “Real, Real, Real” by Jesus Jones from Doubt (1991)

In 1991, Jesus Jones released their sophomore studio LP Doubt. With it came two popular songs—”Right Here, Right Now,” which hit No. 2 in 1990 ahead of the album release, and “Real, Real, Real,” which claimed the No. 4 spot. Those were big accomplishments for the British-born group. Yet, when was the last time music fans uttered the name Jesus Jones? It just goes to show how fickle both fandom and the industry can be!

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