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:
- Mumford & Sons Little Lion Man
- LCD Soundsystem Losing My Edge
- Depeche Mode Dreaming of Me
- The New York Dolls Personality Crisis
- Massive Attack Daydreaming
- Frank Ocean Novacane
- Arctic Monkeys I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
- Weezer Undone (The Sweater Song)
- Ramones Blitzkrieg Bop
- Jimi Hendrix Hey Joe
- The Weeknd Wicked Games
- Blur She's So High
- MGMT Time to Pretend
- Pet Shop Boys West End Girls
- Vampire Weekend Mansard Roof
- R.E.M. Radio Free Europe
- The Cure Killing an Arab
- Björk Human Behaviour
- The Undertones Teenage Kicks
- Sex Pistols Anarchy In The U.K.
- Rage Against the Machine Killing in the Name
- Joy Division Digital
- Oasis Supersonic
- Gorillaz Clint Eastwood
- Big Star In the Street
- Mudhoney Touch Me I'm Sick
- The Stooges I Wanna Be Your Dog
- Green Day Longview
- Gang Of Four Damaged Goods
- Smashing Pumpkins I Am One
- Radiohead Creep
- Jimi Hendrix Hey Joe
- Queens Of The Stone Age If Only
- Living Colour Cult Of Personality
- The Clash White Riot
- Duran Duran Planet Earth
- Nine Inch Nails Down in It
- Lana Del Rey Video Games
- Foo Fighters This Is A Call
- Arcade Fire Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
- Lily Allen Smile
- Lorde Royals
- The Smiths Hand in Glove
- Interpol Pda
- a-ha Take On Me
- Pearl Jam Alive
- Leonard Cohen Suzanne
- The xx Crystalised
- The Killers Mr. Brightside
- New Order Ceremony
