# Whats a Favorite Non-Hit Song From Any Musician You Like **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 18, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922 "2020-06-18T19:41:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/1 "2020-06-18T19:41:54Z")
Ill start with 14 Years from Guns and Roses May we please limit posts to two or three songs so others can post their favs? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/2 "2020-06-18T20:01:23Z")
**[Ballad Of Hollis Brown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8xkxy3tXTA)**, Bob Dylan. A bleak ballad in double drop-D tuning, that tells the story of a down and out man and his family. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/3 "2020-06-18T20:05:47Z")
[Dun Ringell Jethro Tull](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fJg9g77f94) Hook up on a stormy Scots coast as only they can do. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/4 "2020-06-18T20:42:11Z")
Blood on the Rooftops-Genesis This ain’t no Invisible Touch and definitely not Disney. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/0/050f90ef6f9f7b57ed8c5a0e996003e14217a728.jpeg "Genesis - Blood on the Rooftops") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeZRdd_1b4g) ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/5 "2020-06-18T20:52:08Z")
“Angry Young Man” by Billy Joel. It was never a single (and therefore can’t be considered one of his hits) but OMG do I love that piano intro, and it seems like a perfect anthem for the internet age. “If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful”, a duet by Whitney Houston and Jermaine Jackson. Beautiful love song, never released as a single. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/6 "2020-06-18T21:05:31Z")
So many possibilities…am I allowed a song which was released as a single in the US, UK and elsewhare, and was not a hit except (according to Wiki) reaching number 22 in New Zealand? Bob Marley - [Redemption Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv5xonFSC4c) j ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/7 "2020-06-18T21:14:58Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > So many possibilities…am I allowed a song which was released as a single in the US, UK and elsewhare, and was not a hit except (according to Wiki) reaching number 22 in New Zealand? > > Bob Marley - [Redemption Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv5xonFSC4c) > > j Apologies. Please name as many as you want. I was just suggesting that no one make a list of 10 songs. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/8 "2020-06-18T21:28:30Z")
Josie Cotton, [Bye Bye Baby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpYTNYxUCI0) ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/9 "2020-06-18T21:36:05Z")
[Two Gunslingers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFS9wZQ9NiY) - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/10 "2020-06-18T21:36:14Z")
“Anagram (for Mongo)” by Rush. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/q-swoCuEMJI/maxresdefault.jpg "Anagram (for Mongo)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-swoCuEMJI) The lyrics are also incredibly creative, even by Rush standards. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/11 "2020-06-18T21:38:10Z")
Billy Joel’s “Until the Night” is one. I bet it wasn’t released as a single due to length. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MuV-zEqB2QQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Billy Joel - Until the Night (Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuV-zEqB2QQ) Also his “Through the Long Night” has some very cool vocal harmony. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JSQTSiveZHU/maxresdefault.jpg "Billy Joel - Through the Long Night (Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSQTSiveZHU) ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/12 "2020-06-18T21:41:13Z")
The Who’s “Slip Kid”. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/13 "2020-06-18T21:41:31Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Apologies. Please name as many as you want. I was just suggesting that no one make a list of 10 songs. Well in that case… No, I was just pondering how to approach this. And I think you’re very right to try to keep it down to a couple of songs per post. Personally, I was taken with the idea of posting _singles_ that weren’t hits. Kind of a subset of the OP - so here’s: David Bowie - [Holy Holy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc1ePZDxIoY). j (This was a non-album single from the Man Who Sold The World period) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/14 "2020-06-18T22:33:49Z")
It’s such a non-hit that I can’t find the studio version online…but this live version is close: [Greg Kihn- Mutiny](https://youtu.be/NA9e-kOlv5k) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/15 "2020-06-18T22:41:12Z")
Most of the music I like never had a hit song in the US: the Bonzo Dog Band, Captain Beefheart, Emitt Rhodes. Kak, Soft Machine, Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band, etc. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/16 "2020-06-18T22:41:57Z")
This is by Styx, from their first album. The 13-minute time is not a typo. Enjoy! [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/7/7e597603101054795f7d509fa52b45b257d98143.jpeg "Styx - Movement For The Common Man") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NBZTkPxWek) ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/17 "2020-06-22T03:11:51Z")
_Water_, the B side of the _Car Wash_ 45 by Rose Royce. Listen to it on hot days. _Coolin’ to your soul in the midst of a hot summer’s daaaaaaaaay…_ ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/18 "2020-06-22T03:16:16Z")
[Last Time by Sepultura](https://youtu.be/fJPuijhnXrA) ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/19 "2020-06-22T07:18:26Z")
“Meanwhile” by the **Moody Blues**. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/20 "2020-06-22T08:03:44Z")
Three bands that I think never had a hit, but made guitar sounds that I really like: [Rollerskate Skinny - Miss Leader](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyrBLPnX3kY) [Mansun - Wide Open Space](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySjfEHhD6wM) [Built To Spill - Big Dipper](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7ysRps-iYA) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922.md?page=2)