# 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:** 3
**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 25, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/41 "2020-06-25T17:13:04Z")
Galapagos has always been one of my favorites. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iHK5WQrcCl4/maxresdefault.jpg "Smashing Pumpkins- Galapagos") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHK5WQrcCl4) ---
**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 25, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/42 "2020-06-25T17:14:44Z")
I like her contribution to Vera Gemini by the Blue Oyster Cult [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XH8nsquhPqo/hqdefault.jpg "Blue Öyster Cult-The Revenge of Vera Gemini") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH8nsquhPqo) ---
**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 25, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/43 "2020-06-25T17:18:09Z")
Hiroshima Kokoro a fusion of traditional Japanese music and jazz [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5ra2G-I0TDQ/hqdefault.jpg "Hiroshima - Kokoro") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ra2G-I0TDQ) ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/44 "2020-06-26T06:47:52Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > I like her contribution to Vera Gemini by the Blue Oyster Cult Bonus Patti! Thanks! “_I move in another dimension_” ---
**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 26, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/45 "2020-06-26T20:30:15Z")
Well, it’s not exactly a song (no lyric) and the artist is not a musician in the conventional sense, but that old brass band favorite [Blaze Away](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWFdsK0rQ00) by Vivian Fisher is a fine record. List of instruments featured: Vivian Fisher’s mouth. If it sounds strangely familiar, that may be because Fisher also provided music for the TV series [Blott On The Landscape](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS06nrvET78). Same method. j ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/46 "2020-06-26T20:36:53Z")
Another Styx song… Yes, I Can off the Cyclorama album. It came out in 2003. I didn’t like the album, but I do like this song. It’s a Tommy Shaw ballad with harmony with Glen Burtnik (who was in Styx for a couple of minutes). ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Sponge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dark_sponge/32/121_2.png) [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/47 "2020-06-26T20:42:12Z")
I consider ‘Anna Begins’ by Counting Crows to be their best song but I’ve never heard it called a hit. ‘You Know You’re Right’ by Nirvana is their best song IMO but I don’t believe it ever broke the top 40. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/48 "2020-06-27T03:30:18Z")
[Germs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kgIOWvrssA) by Weird Al Yankovic. [Bronte](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le34ygtODfI) by Gotye. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/49 "2020-06-27T03:51:25Z")
_Mandocello_ by Cheap Trick. _Change My Mind_ by The Motels. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/50 "2020-06-28T00:49:06Z")
A blast of 80’s funk from **Was (Not Was**) - _Knocked Down, Made Small (Treated Like A Rubber Ball)_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/f15jKxf2nLs/maxresdefault.jpg "WAS (NOT WAS) - Knocked Down, Made Small (Treated Like A Rubber Ball) 1983 Restored Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f15jKxf2nLs) From Wikipedia, it appears it made it to #109 on the US chart, but nowhere else. I’m going to call that a non-hit ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/51 "2020-06-28T18:17:26Z")
The Tragically Hip’s “Cordelia” and “Bring It All Back,” both from the same album, are perfect rock songs. Absolutely perfect. Not a note out of place. These are songs you must crank up to 11 and scream the lyrics to as you’re barrelling down the highway way too fast. Neither was even released as a single, and this was an album that released five singles. Cordelia: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FWWgyeJGyH8/hqdefault.jpg "The Tragically Hip - Cordelia") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWWgyeJGyH8) Bring It all Back: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1Ub10lkdX08/hqdefault.jpg "The Tragically Hip - Bring It All Back") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ub10lkdX08) ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/52 "2020-06-28T20:30:57Z")
[Blue Guitar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0hH3sMP2AQ) By Justin Hayward from the Moody Blues ---
**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 28, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/53 "2020-06-28T21:28:43Z")
[UK top ten](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Hayward). > [@](#): > > …The single “Blue Guitar”, recorded with [10cc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10cc) as the backing band, reached the UK top ten in 1975… ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/54 "2020-06-29T09:57:04Z")
Oops! Well, somebody ought to tell Wikipedia! I’ll try [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfMxj0DLMVY) instead. A great performance of a Jimmy Webb song performed by Art Garfunkel. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/55 "2020-07-02T21:54:16Z")
Pink Floyd - Dogs The Doors - Waiting For the Sun Supertramp - A Soapbox Opera Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand David Bowie - The Secret Life of Arabia John Lennon - Out the Blue Paul McCartney - Old Siam, Sir ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/56 "2020-07-02T22:20:03Z")
This is the first time I’ve recognized someone else appreciate Hiroshima Kokora! Here’s an unsolicited recommendation. It’s earlier, jazzy with traditional Japanese instruments. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikU_NVS4OLY) ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/57 "2020-07-04T14:34:08Z")
Frank Mills Nishimoto at the Bat Tomorrow Belongs to Me ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/58 "2020-07-04T16:29:10Z")
Frank Mills from Hair? ---
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Yes - from Hair ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922/60 "2020-07-04T20:53:46Z")
One each from some of my favorite artists: “Fire on High” (1975), an instrumental by Electric Light Orchestra. It was often used as background music for sports shows back then, which is why it may be recognizable to those who don’t know ELO’s catalog. I’m linking to the album version, which starts with a rather trippy prelude before it gets to the better-known music: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/22Ndi2HUheg/maxresdefault.jpg "Electric Light Orchestra - Fire On High (Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22Ndi2HUheg) “South Side of the Sky” (1971), by Yes. Simultaneously moody and hard-rocking. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hBAauFYod80/maxresdefault.jpg "South Side of the Sky (2008 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBAauFYod80) For Queen, I’ll second @Chronos 's suggestion of “'39” (1975). [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kE8kGMfXaFU/hqdefault.jpg "Queen - '39 (Official Lyric Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE8kGMfXaFU) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922.md?page=2)