Relatively well-known songs you were absolutely gobsmacked to discover so recently

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@bordelond

How familiar one is with that song might track closely to (a) where you lived when the single was released

Indeed; “well-known” can depend on where one lives.

Songs that hit #1 in some areas, and sank without a trace in others

These threads about #1 songs made me think of this, and in particular of Wings’ “Mull of Kintyre”, which in the late 1970s was a monster hit pretty much everywhere in the world that kept a chart, except the United States, where it seemed nobody heard it. When I finally did hear it, I knew why: It just wasn’t American. That’s all. Anyone else have anything similar?