The dream of every beginner artist of pop music is releasing a single to impact on listeners, paving the way for a successful career. Whether in the age of physical formats or in the digital age, the single, as working music, is a bet by an artist to score a big hit.
We have compiled some artists that debuted with impactful singles or that, at least, left a good impression for a promising future.
Featured Tracks:
- The Replacements I'm in Trouble
- The Smiths Hand in Glove
- Living Colour Cult Of Personality
- Big Star In the Street
- Jimi Hendrix Hey Joe
- Queens Of The Stone Age If Only
- The Clash White Riot
- The Cure Killing an Arab
- Mudhoney Touch Me I'm Sick
- Björk Human Behaviour
- MGMT Time to Pretend
- Foo Fighters This Is A Call
- Arcade Fire Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
- Joy Division Digital
- Smashing Pumpkins I Am One
- Nine Inch Nails Down in It
- Duran Duran Planet Earth
- Ramones Blitzkrieg Bop
- Gang Of Four Damaged Goods
- Jimi Hendrix Hey Joe
- Vampire Weekend Mansard Roof
- Frank Ocean Novacane
- Weezer Undone (The Sweater Song)
- Alabama Shakes Hold On
- Superchunk Slack Motherfucker
- The Velvet Underground All Tomorrow's Parties
- Rage Against the Machine Killing in the Name
- The Stooges I Wanna Be Your Dog
- R.E.M. Radio Free Europe
- Radiohead Creep
- New Order Ceremony
- The Weeknd Wicked Games
- Mumford & Sons Little Lion Man
- The Undertones Teenage Kicks
- Sex Pistols Anarchy In The U.K.
- Blondie X Offender
- LCD Soundsystem Losing My Edge
- Arctic Monkeys I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
- TV on the Radio Staring at the Sun
- a-ha Take On Me
- M.I.A. Galang
- Gorillaz Clint Eastwood
- The New York Dolls Personality Crisis
- Massive Attack Daydreaming
- Lorde Royals
- The xx Crystalised
- Dinosaur Jr. Repulsion
- Blur She's So High
- Leonard Cohen Suzanne
- Lana Del Rey Video Games
