History ChartDisplacement / RockMusic

* Eddie Money achieved two top 10 hits. One being "Take Me Home Tonight" isn't too surprising, but what was the other? Not "Two Tickets to Paradise" (#22), or even "Baby Hold On" (#11), but rather the considerably less remembered "Walk on Water".

** Despite having 5 top 10 hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, his covers of "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (which peaked at #5), "Handy Man" (which peaked at #4), and his appearance on Carly Simon's cover of "Mockingbird" (which peaked at #5), aren't as well-known when compared to "Your Smiling Face" (which only peaked at #20), "Carolina in My Mind" (#118; rerelease peaked at #67) or "Sweet Baby James" (which didn't even chart).

* Music/ThePolice avert this overall, as "Every Breath You Take" was their only ''Billboard'' #1. However, many would be surprised to learn that neither "Roxanne" nor "Message in a Bottle" were among their five other Top 10 hits - they peaked at #32 and ''#74'', respectively. In their native UK, they had 5 big hits at #1 ("Every Breath", "Message", "Don't Stand So Close to Me", "Walking on the Moon", "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"), leaving only "Roxanne" (#12) displaced.

** In the USA, they became a OneHitWonder with "Pictures of Matchstick Men", which peaked at #12. While "Matchstick Men" is still their best-known song stateside, their aforementioned signature songs never charted there.

* A weird subversion regarding Music/{{Aerosmith}}. Their sole #1 on the pop charts was "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing", a power ballad made for the 1998 movie ''Film/Armageddon1998''. [[BlackSheepHit It sounds nothing like their normal material]] and wasn't even written by the band. Many fans would name a large number of songs, such as their SignatureSong "Dream On" (#59; reissue peaked at #6), "Sweet Emotion" (#36), "Walk This Way" (original didn't chart; reissue peaked at #10 and version with Music/RunDMC peaked at #4), "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (#14), "Love in an Elevator" (#5) and "Janie's Got a Gun" (#4) for example, without even thinking about that song. Yet the song introduced the band to a new generation of listeners.

* Music/TheBeatles easily avert this, as all 27 of their #1 hits, like the rest of the band's discography, are still classics (and some are truly timeless). However, they still have several iconic songs with surprisingly low peaks, such as "I Saw Her Standing There" (#14), "I Am The Walrus" (#56), and "Strawberry Fields Forever" (#8). This is justified, as they were all B-sides to #1 hits ("I Want To Hold Your Hand", "Hello, Goodbye", and "Penny Lane", respectively). Other iconic songs of theirs, like "Here Comes the Sun", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Michelle", and "Tomorrow Never Knows", were never even released as singles (although they often reached chart positions on their own, especially "Here Comes the Sun" being arguably the most popular song by the band nowadays).

* Bruce Hornsby, then alongside his backing band The Range, had two #1 hits on Mainstream Rock, neither of which were his most-well-known song "The Way It Is" (#3). Averted on the Hot 100, where it's his sole #1 hit. And while one of the two #1 rock hits was "The Valley Road", which is still well-remembered, the other, if not "The Way It Is", must have been "Mandolin Rain", Hornsby's second-best-known song (and second-highest Hot 100 entry), right? Nope, #2; it was "Across the River", which is mostly forgotten outside of Hornsby's cult following.

* Music/TheCars had four top 10 hits throughout their career, but "Just What I Needed" only made it to #27, and "Good Times Roll" went even lower at #41. Conversely, one of their four top 10 hits is the relatively lesser-known "Tonight She Comes".

* Music/{{Creed|band}}'s only #1 hit was "With Arms Wide Open"; while it's certainly well remembered, particularly overseas, it's not ''quite'' as iconic as "Higher", which only hit #7 despite topping both rock charts. Much more surprising, however, is the fact that their two top 10s from ''Weathered'', "My Sacrifice" and "One Last Breath", also outpeaked "Higher" on the charts.

** He had four #1 hits in the UK. "Space Oddity", "Under Pressure", and "Let's Dance", indeed. And the third? "Ashes to Ashes".

** They achieved five #1s on Mainstream Rock, two of which were "Photograph" and "Rock of Ages". However, if you guessed that "Pour Some Sugar on Me" was one of the other three, be surprised to hear it only got to #25. The other three were "Let's Get Rocked", "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)", and "Promises", the lattermost of which was released in 1999, long after their career peak.

** It's a similar story on Mainstream Rock. "Money for Nothing" was indeed a #1 hit, but the other, "Heavy Fuel", isn't even close.

** They had four #1 hits on Mainstream Rock, which were "I Want to Know", "Urgent", "Waiting for a Girl" and (surprisingly enough) "Say You Will".

* Music/{{James Taylor}}'s only number one hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, "You've Got a Friend", is undoubtedly a classic but isn't quite as iconic as his debut single, "Fire and Rain" (which peaked at #3).
** Despite having 5 top 10 hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, his covers of "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (which peaked at #5), "Handy Man" (which peaked at #4), and his appearance on Carly Simon's cover of "Mockingbird" (which peaked at #5), aren't as well-known when compared to "Your Smiling Face" (which only peaked at #20), "Carolina in My Mind" (#118; rerelease peaked at #67) or "Sweet Baby James" (which didn't even chart but is considered one of Taylor's most well-known songs).

* Music/SavingAbel had only one #1 on the Mainstream Rock songs chart. Surprisingly enough, it wasn't "Addicted", which got stuck at #2 behind Disturbed's "Inside the Fire". Rather, it was "The Sex Is Good" off of their follow-up album ''Miss America'', which, like every other song in their discography aside from their debut, is almost completely forgotten today. Averted on the Hot 100, where "Addicted" was their [[OneHitWonder one and only visit]], and on Alternative, where it was their only entry in the single-digits.

** They had four minor entries on mainstream rock, with "Semi-Charmed Life" hitting #26. Their three other entries were "Jumper", "How's It Going To Be", and "Never Let You Go", right? Nope, they were "Graduate", "Losing a Whole Year", and "Anything", all of which were quickly forgotten.

* Music/TheBand's highest charting song, the #25 "Up on Cripple Creek" is certainly a classic -- but not to the same extent as "The Weight", which stalled in the 60s.

* Ask a music fan about Music/{{ACDC}}'s signature songs, and you'll get such responses as "Highway to Hell" (#47), "Back in Black" (#37), "You Shook Me All Night Long" (#35), "T.N.T.", "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap", "Hells Bells", and "Thunderstruck" (the latter four didn't chart). But not too many people are likely going to cite "Moneytalks" (the follow-up single to the much more lasting "Thunderstruck"), their highest charting hit on the Hot 100 at #23. Also, they had five #1 hits on mainstream rock, but it was none of the aforementioned singles or even "Moneytalks". Those five #1s came between 1993 and 2020, well after their overall peak in terms of commercial success.

* A weird subversion regarding Music/{{Aerosmith}}. Their sole #1 on the pop charts was "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing", a power ballad made for the 1998 movie ''Film/Armageddon1998''. [[BlackSheepHit It sounds nothing like their normal material]] and wasn't even written by the band. Many fans would name a large number of songs, such as their SignatureSong "Dream On" (#59; reissue peaked at #6), "Sweet Emotion" (#36), "Walk This Way" (original didn't chart; reissue peaked at #10 and version with Music/RunDMC peaked at #4), "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (#14), "Love in an Elevator" (#5) and "Janie's Got a Gun" (#4) for example, without even thinking about that song, and it gets little airplay on classic rock radio (where they play plenty of their other hits). Yet the song introduced the band to a new generation of listeners and is their second-most popular song on Spotify.
** They 9 chart-toppers on rock radio. While none of them are totally obscure (the closest being "Deuces Are Wild"), that total does not include "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" or "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (both #4), or "Janie's Got a Gun" (#2). As the chart debuted in 1981, their first six albums never charted there.

* Music/BobDylan had two #2 singles, one of which was the iconic "Like a Rolling Stone". However, many of his most famous songs of the 60's did surprisingly poorly on the charts - "The Times They Are A-Changin'" and "Blowin' in the Wind" didn't chart as singles at all in the US, while "Subterranean Homesick Blues" stalled at #37. An even better example is his only other #2 hit, "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35", a borderline novelty song, which charted higher than every other song from his legendary ''Music/BlondeOnBlonde'' album, including classics like "I Want You" (#20) and "Just Like a Woman" (#33).

** He had two #1 hits on Mainstream Rock... "Shakedown" and "Like a Rock".

** Dave Matthews Band achieved nine #1s on Adult Alternative Airplay, but "Ants Marching" was released before the chart existed, and "Crash Into Me" stopped at #2.

* Music/EddieMoney achieved two top 10 hits. One being "Take Me Home Tonight" isn't too surprising, but what was the other? Not "Two Tickets to Paradise" (#22), or even "Baby Hold On" (#11), but rather the considerably less remembered "Walk on Water". In fact, "Two Tickets" got outpeaked by a total of eight different songs.

** They had five number #1 hits on rock radio, including "Start Me Up", which ruled the chart for 13 weeks. The Mainstream Rock chart launched in 1981, and most of the Stones' hits predated that chart.

** They had five entries on the AC chart, including one #1. It wasn't "Eye of The Tiger" or "Burning Heart", which stopped at #27 and #35 respectively, but the much lesser-known "The Search Is Over".

* Music/DefLeppard's only #1 hit wasn't "Pour Some Sugar on Me", "Photograph", or "Rock of Ages", but rather "Love Bites". "Sugar" fell just short at ''#2'', while "Photograph" and "Rock of Ages" missed the top 10, peaking at #12 and #16, respectively.

** For Knopfler's solo career, things are odd. His only top 10 single in the UK was his duet with Emmylou Harris "All the Roadrunning". While a reasonably popular track in Knopfler's solo career, it's not as iconic as the instrumental "Going Home" (#56) or "What It Is" (a hit in several countries, but did not chart in the UK).

* Most people won't be surprised that rock band Fastball had only one top 40 hit on the Hot 100, but they surely will be when they find out that the one hit was not "The Way", but the less remembered "Out of My Head" (which is, nevertheless, pretty much the only song by them that someone may know besides "The Way"). "The Way", which reached #5 on Hot 100 Airplay, would've surely been their highest charting song had it not been deemed ineligible for the Hot 100 due to the lack of a physical single release ("Out of My Head" also had no physical release, but it charted after the rules about physical singles were changed). Unsurprisingly, this is averted on the genre-specific charts (Alt., Main. Rock, etc.), where "The Way" was the higher-charting of the two. However, "Out of My Head" did also see something of a revival after having its chorus interpolated by Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello's 2017 hit "Bad Things".

** They had four #1 hits on Mainstream Rock, which were "I Want to Know", "Urgent", "Waiting for a Girl" and "Say You Will".

* Music/{{Nickelback}}:
** They had two #1s in their native Canada; "How You Remind Me" and... "Photograph"? Nope, it was "Someday". "Photograph" failed to chart entirely because it was released when the Canadian charts relied solely on sales of physical singles and the song wasn't released as such. Averted in the US, where "How You Remind Me" and "Photograph" peaked at #1 and #2, respectively.
** They also had ten top 40 hits in the US: "How You Remind Me" (their sole #1), "Someday", "Photograph", "Rockstar", "Far Away", "Savin' Me", "If Everyone Cared", "Gotta be Somebody", "If Today Was Your Last Day" and... "Burn It to the Ground"? Maybe "When We Stand Together"? Well wrong, none of these two songs actually reached the top 40 (with the latter only reaching #44 and the former not even charting on the Hot 100 for that matter), instead their tenth top 40 hit was actually "This Afternoon" which despite peaking at #34 is nowhere near as remembered as the other tracks mentioned.

* A weird subversion regarding Music/{{Aerosmith}}. Their sole #1 on the pop charts was "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing", a power ballad made for the 1998 movie ''Film/Armageddon1998''. [[BlackSheepHit It sounds nothing like their normal material]] and wasn't even written by the band. Many fans would name a large number of songs, such as their SignatureSong "Dream On" (#59; reissue peaked at #6), "Sweet Emotion" (#36), "Walk This Way" (original didn't chart; reissue peaked at #10 and version with Music/RunDMC peaked at #4), "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (#14), "Love in an Elevator" (#5) and "Janie's Got a Gun" (#4) for example, without even thinking about that song, and it gets little airplay on classic rock radio (where they play plenty of their other hits). Yet the song introduced the band to a new generation of listeners and is their second-most popular song on Spotify. For what it's worth, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" only got to #4 on Mainstream Rock.
** Speaking of which, they had 9 chart-toppers on rock radio. While none of them are totally obscure (the closest being "Deuces Are Wild"), that total does not include "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (#4) or "Janie's Got a Gun" (#2). As the chart debuted in 1981, their first six albums never charted there.

* While Music/BillySquier's "Rock Me Tonite" is a classic, it doesn't hold up today the same way "The Stroke" (#17) does, despite the former outpeaking the latter by two spots. Surprisingly, "The Big Beat" (which has been sampled in countless hip-hop songs) never charted, and "Lonely is the Night" peaked at a measly #28 on Rock Radio and never made it to the Hot 100.

* Music/BobDylan averts this on one hand, as his highest-charting song is the iconic "Like a Rolling Stone", which peaked at #2. However, many of his most famous songs of the 60's did surprisingly poorly on the charts - "The Times They Are A-Changin'" and "Blowin' in the Wind" didn't chart as singles at all in the US, while "Subterranean Homesick Blues" stalled at #37. An even better example is his only other #2 hit, "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35", a borderline novelty song, which charted higher than every other song from his legendary ''Music/BlondeOnBlonde'' album, including classics like "I Want You" (#20) and "Just Like a Woman" (#33).

* Corey Hart is best known for his 1984 #7 hit "Sunglasses at Night". However, about a year later, the ballad "Never Surrender" reached #3. Despite the chart peaks, the former song remains one of the best-known songs of the 80's, while the latter remains in relative obscurity. It's a similar deal on Mainstream Rock, where "Surrender" outpeaked "Sunglasses" (#8 vs. #15). Despite the fact that Hart had a perfectly decent career with nine Top 40 hits in the US (and three #1's back home in Canada, "Sunglasses" not being one of them at #24), "Sunglasses at Night" eclipses his discography so much that you might erroneously find him included on OneHitWonder retrospectives.

** Their frontman's John Fogerty's biggest hit as a solo artist, at #10, is "The Old Man Down the Road", which, while well-known, is still a runner-up compared to his SignatureSong "Centerfield" (#44). "Rock and Roll Girls", which would be third in Fogerty's solo career, was also more of a hit than "Centerfield", peaking 22 spots higher.

* Music/DavidBowie had two #1s in the United States -- "Fame" & "Let's Dance", both are classics but not quite to the extent as songs like "Ziggy Stardust" (didn't chart), "Rebel Rebel", "Starman", "Changes", "Heroes" (didn't chart either), and "Space Oddity" (the lattermost originally didn't chart but made it to #15 in a rerelease).
** Many of Bowie's best-known singles from the '70s weren't hits in the United States. Although he was certainly a known entity, Top 40 radio didn't really know what to do with him until his ''Young Americans''-era GenreShift. Partially because of this, classics like "Starman" (#65), "Changes" (twice; #66 in 1972 and #41 in 1975), "The Jean Genie" (#71) and "Rebel Rebel" (#64) all missed the Top 40. Meanwhile, "All the Young Dudes", a song he gave away to Mott the Hoople, out-charted all of these songs and made it to #37. That song is well-known, but it's not nearly as iconic as any of Bowie's own hits.

** In the '90s he never hit the Top 40, but did manage two Top 5s on modern rock. Surely one of them must've been "I'm Afraid of Americans", right? Nope, one was "One Shot" from the abortive Tin Machine project, and the other was "Jump They Say". Also surprising is that "Americans" only reached a measly ''#29'' on that chart, which actually makes it the ''lowest charting'' of all his '90s material.

* Music/GunsNRoses topped the Hot 100 with "Sweet Child O' Mine", so they avert the trope. Their next two biggest hits must have been "Welcome to the Jungle" and "Paradise City", right? Nope, those bowed out at #7 and #5 respectively. The next two hits were actually the {{Power Ballad}}s "November Rain" (#3; which is their most-played [=YouTube=] video) and "Patience" (#4), which are far from obscure but not quite as iconic.
** They had four Top 5 hits on mainstream rock, but none of them were "Child", "City", or "Jungle". In fact, they weren't even "Rain" or "Patience". They were "Don't Cry", "You Could Be Mine", "Civil War", and "Chinese Democracy". The former two are fairly well-known, the third isn't as much, while the lattermost song was released in ''2008'', well after their mainstream relevancy, and is mostly associated with the band's nadir, thus it is the most obscure of the lot.

* Music/{{Journey|Band}}'s classic "Don't Stop Believin'" never made it higher than #9 on its original run, but thanks to RevivalByCommercialization on such TV shows as ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', ''Series/TheSopranos'', and ''Series/{{Glee}}'', it has become the best-selling pre-2007 song in iTunes history. While none of the higher-peaking songs ("Who's Crying Now", which peaked at #4, "Open Arms", which peaked at #2, and "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)", which peaked at #8) are obscure, it's probably the only song by them most people born in the '90s and beyond can name. It's a worse situation on Mainstream Rock, where "Don't Stop Believin'", which peaked at #8, got outpeaked by six of their other songs.

* Music/{{Loverboy|Band}} had two top 10 hits: they weren't "Working for the Weekend" and "Turn Me Loose", which stalled at a measly #29 and #35 respectively, but "Lovin' Every Minute of It" and "This Could Be the Night". In fact, they outpeaked "Weekend" ''five different times'' and "Loose" ''seven'' (however, in their native Canada, "Turn Me Loose" was in fact their biggest hit, peaking at #7; "Working for the Weekend" was their 3rd-biggest, peaking at #10, just behind the #9 peak of "Hot Girls in Love"). On Mainstream Rock, they had two #2 hits: One was "Working for the Weekend", but the other wasn't "Turn Me Loose", which stopped at #6, but rather "Hot Girls in Love".

* Music/{{Queen|Band}} had two #1 hits in the U.S., "Another One Bites the Dust" and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". While both songs are legendary (the former more so than the latter), they still don't beat out the likes of "Bohemian Rhapsody" (originally peaked at #9 upon release and later reached #2 after ''Film/WaynesWorld'' reintroduced the song), "We Will Rock You", and "We Are the Champions" (#4 in the same single). In the UK, "Bohemian" was #1 (twice, upon release and after Music/FreddieMercury's death in 1991 as a double A-side with "These Are the Days of Our Lives") and the equally iconic Music/DavidBowie duet "Under Pressure" also topped the charts, but the third chart-topper is the much less representative "Innuendo", from their final album. All their UK #2 hits, "We Are the Champions"/"We Will Rock You",[[note]]said single was runner-up ''three weeks straight'', held off by Music/{{ABBA}} and Music/{{Wings|Band}}[[/note]] "Killer Queen", "Somebody to Love", "Radio Ga Ga", and the above mentioned "Crazy Little Thing" are probably more famous.

* The Romantics had a smash hit in 1983 with "Talking in Your Sleep", which peaked at #4 on the Hot 100, #2 on rock radio, and topped the dance chart and in Canada. But their only other Top 40 hit wasn't "What I Like About You", which peaked at #49 and [[RevivalByCommercialization has been featured in media]], but the long-forgotten "One in a Million" (#37).

** In the USA, they became a OneHitWonder with "Pictures of Matchstick Men", which peaked at #12. While "Matchstick Men" is still their best-known song in that country, their aforementioned signature songs never charted there.

* Music/ZZTop had two #8 hits. One was their iconic 1984 hit "Legs", but the other was the lesser known "Sleeping Bag" from the following year. Two of their best-known hits, "Sharp Dressed Man" and "La Grange", both missed the Top 40 entirely. "Sharp Dressed Man" peaked at #56, while "La Grange" bowed out at ''#41''.

* Music/LennyKravitz had 16 entries on the Hot 100, but surprisingly "Are You Gonna Go My Way?" failed to even bubble under. In spite of the song's major airplay on rock radio, it was never released as a physical single and was therefore ineligible for the chart at the time. His highest charter was the #2 "It Ain't Over Till It's Over", which, despite being his only Top 40 hit for much of the 90's, isn't nearly as well remembered. The only charting entry that can compete is his #12 "Fly Away", which was not only outpeaked by the aforementioned "Over" but also "Again". Nonetheless, "Fly Away" and "Are You Gonna" were his two #1's on Mainstream Rock.

** They also had ten top 40 hits in the US: "How You Remind Me", "Someday", "Photograph", "Rockstar", "Far Away", "Savin' Me", "If Everyone Cared", "Gotta be Somebody", "If Today Was Your Last Day" and... "Burn It to the Ground"? Maybe "When We Stand Together"? Well wrong, none of these two songs actually reached the top 40 (with the latter only reaching #44 and the former not even charting on the Hot 100 for that matter), instead their tenth top 40 hit was actually "This Afternoon" which despite peaking at #34 is nowhere near as remembered as the other tracks mentioned.

* Red Rider's "Lunatic Fringe" is a mainstay on classic rock radio, yet it never even cracked the Hot 100, though lead singer Tom Cochrane's solo version peaked at #70 in their native Canada. Their highest entry stateside was the long-forgotten "White Hot", which peaked at #48; and in Canada, the equally forgotten "Good Times" peaked at #2. Averted with Cochran's solo career, as his signature "Life is a Highway" was his first of three #1's in Canada and his sole visit to the US Top Ten.

** They had four number #1 hits on rock radio, including "Start Me Up", which ruled the chart for 13 weeks. The Mainstream Rock chart launched in 1981, and most of the Stones' hits predated that chart.
* The Romantics had two Top 40 hits, but neither was "What I Like About You"; despite peaking at #49, it's considered one of the 80's most famous songs because of [[RevivalByCommercialization how often it's been featured in media]]. It's understandable that "Talking in Your Sleep" was one of their Top 40 hits -- it peaked at #4 in 1983 and, although relatively obscure to modern-day audiences, is [[TalkingInYourSleep remembered enough to become a]] {{Trope Namer|s}}. Their actual other Top 40 hit was the long-forgotten "One in a Million" (#37). A cover of "What I Like About You" by a long-forgotten singer named Michael Morales (not to be confused with the convicted murderer) actually charted higher at #28.

** Rush also had a exceptional run on the Mainstream Rock chart from 1985-1997, with 4 #1 hits and 10 other tracks making the top 10 during that span. All of these have been forgotten except 1987's "Time Stands Still", which is often the newest track on a typical Rush greatest hits album, and that only reached #3 on the chart.

** They had four number #1 hits on Mainstream Rock, including "Start Me Up", which ruled the chart for 13 weeks. The Mainstream Rock chart launched in 1981, and most of the Stones' hits predated that chart.

* Music/StatusQuo's sole #1 hit in their native UK wasn't "Whatever You Want (#4), "In the Army Now" (#2), or "Rockin' All Over the World" (#3), but rather "Down Down", which still ''is'' an iconic track but not as popular as the aforementioned others. "Pictures of Matchstick Men", on the other hand, was their only hit ever in the US, and is still a very well-remembered song, but their aforementioned signatures didn't ever chart there.

* The Undertones only had one Top 10 hit in the UK, but it wasn't their iconic debut single "Teenage Kicks". Instead, it was "My Perfect Cousin", which made it to #9 in 1980. "Teenage Kicks" only made it to #31, but it became a legendary song in the world of British indie rock because it was the favorite song of influential BBC DJ Creator/JohnPeel, who even had the song's opening lines inscribed on his tombstone, and the song received a boost in attention after Music/OneDirection recorded a mash-up cover of it and "[[Music/{{Blondie|Band}} One Way or Another]]" as a charity single. "My Perfect Cousin", on the other hand, is mostly remembered for containing lyrics making snide remarks at Music/TheHumanLeague, who would go on to become SynthPop pioneers and one of the leading artists of the 1980s Second British Invasion.

** Speaking of which, they had 9 chart-toppers on Main. Rock, all from their post-CareerResurrection phase. While none of them are totally obscure (the closest being "Deuces Are Wild"), that total does not include "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (#4) or "Janie's Got a Gun" (#2).

* Bryan Ferry of Music/{{Roxy Music}} was a OneHitWonder in the United States and one could reasonably assume that the one-hit was either "Don't Stop the Dance" or "Slave to Love", but it was neither of them. Instead, it was the forgotten song "Kiss and Tell" which peaked at #31 on the Top 40.

* Music/{{Daughtry}}'s highest-peaking entry on Mainstream Rock reached #2. Many, however, would probably not correctly guess that song is "Artificial" from 2023, nor that the second-highest is "Heavy is The Crown" from 2021 (#4), both ''long'' after their career peak. Their signature "It's Not Over" peaked one spot lower than "Heavy" at #5, and many of their other popular songs weren't released to rock radio [=and/or=] didn't chart. Averted on the Hot 100, where "It's Not Over" is their highest peak at #4.

* Music/{{Daughtry}}'s highest-peaking entry on Mainstream Rock reached #2. Many, however, would probably not correctly guess that song is "Artificial" from 2023, nor that the second-highest is "Heavy is The Crown" from 2021 (#4), both ''long'' after their career peak. Their signature "It's Not Over" peaked one spot lower at #5, and many of their other popular songs weren't released to rock radio [=and/or=] didn't chart. Averted on the Hot 100, where "It's Not Over" is their highest peak at #4.

* Music/{{Daughtry}}'s highest-peaking entry on Mainstream Rock reached #4. Many, however, would probably not correctly guess that song is "Heavy Is the Crown" from 2021, ''long'' after their career peak. Their signature "It's Not Over" peaked one spot lower at #5, and many of their other popular songs weren't released to rock radio [=and/or=] didn't chart. Averted on the Hot 100, where "It's Not Over" is their highest peak at #4.

* The Undertones only had one Top 10 hit in the UK, but it wasn't their iconic debut single "Teenage Kicks". Instead, it was "My Perfect Cousin", which made it to #9 in 1980. "Teenage Kicks" only made it to #31, but it became a legendary song in the world of British indie rock because it was the favorite song of influential BBC DJ Creator/JohnPeel, who even had the song's opening lines inscribed on his tombstone, and the song received a boost in attention after Music/OneDirection recorded a mash-up cover of it and "[[Music/{{Blondie}} One Way or Another]]" as a charity single. "My Perfect Cousin", on the other hand, is mostly remembered for containing lyrics making snide remarks at Music/TheHumanLeague, who would go on to become SynthPop pioneers and one of the leading artists of the 1980s Second British Invasion.

* Music/{{Creed}}'s only #1 hit was "With Arms Wide Open"; while it's certainly well remembered, particularly overseas, it's not ''quite'' as iconic as "Higher", which only hit #7 despite topping both rock charts. Much more surprising, however, is the fact that their two top 10s from ''Weathered'', "My Sacrifice" and "One Last Breath", also outpeaked "Higher" on the charts.

* Music/{{Squeeze}} became a TwoHitWonder in the United States with the wrong songs. They weren't "Tempted" or "Pulling Mussels", the latter of which didn't chart, but rather "Hourglass" and "853-5937". While "Tempted" has become a radio staple all around the world, and is now the band's best known song, it never cracked the Top 40 anywhere when it was originally released in 1982 (For instance, it topped out at #49 in the US and #41 in the UK). While "Hourglass" still gets some radio airplay, "853-5937" has disappeared from the airwaves and is not one of the band's better known songs. Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, the main singers and songwriters for the band, [[CreatorBacklash prefer that the latter song stays forgotten]], and have made sure it never turns up on any of their {{greatest hits album}}s. This is averted on Mainstream Rock, where "Tempted" was their only top 10 entry.

* Music/ThirdEyeBlind had four top 10 hits on alternative, with "Semi-Charmed Life" being their only #1 in that chart. People will be surprised to find out that "Jumper", their second-best known song, only hit #9 there and that "How's It Going to Be" and "Never Let You Go" outpeaked it. While "Never" is still fairly well-remembered and gets some recurrent radio play, "Be" has seemingly disappeared from any radio play and isn't as known. On the pop charts, this is averted, as "Life" and "Jumper" were their biggest and second-biggest hits there, respectively... but "Be" (#9) outpeaked "Never" (#14).
** They had four minor entries on mainstream rock, with "Semi-Charmed Life" hitting #26. Their three other entries were "Jumper", "Never", and maybe "Be", right? Nope, they were "Graduate", "Losing a Whole Year", and "Anything", all of which were quickly forgotten and are nowadays far lesser known than "Be".

** They had four minor entries on mainstream rock, with "Semi-Charmed Life" hitting #26. Their three other entries were "Jumper", "Never", and maybe "Be", right? Nope, they were "Graduate", "Losing a Whole Year", and "Anything", all of which were quickly forgotten.

* Music/TheWho only hit the top 10 once in their career. That song? "I Can See For Miles", which while not obscure, and known for being the theme to Series/CSICyber, is not nearly as recognized as the likes of "My Generation" (#74) or the themes to the three more iconic Franchise/CSIVerse shows: "[[Series/{{CSINY}} Baba O'Riley]]" (didn't chart), "[[Series/CSIMiami Won't Get Fooled Again]]" (#15), and "[[Series/CSICrimeSceneInvestigation Who Are You]]" (#14).

* Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} had eight #1 singles (including their signature "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and other classics like "Brown Sugar" and "Paint It Black"). This total, however, does not include "Gimme Shelter" (not a single), "SympathyForTheDevil" (not a single either, although Music/FatboySlim's 2003 remix hit #97), "Start Me Up" (#2), "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (#3, though it did hit #1 in their native UK), "Wild Horses" (#28), or "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (#42).

* Music/{{Rush|Band}} only hit the top 40 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 once, and topped their native Canada, with "New World Man", a song largely forgotten in relation to the likes of "Tom Sawyer" (#44 US, #24 Canada) and "The Spirit of Radio" (#51 US, #22 Canada).

* Music/{{Santana}} had two #1 hits. One of them, of course, was their signature "Smooth", a smash collaboration with Music/RobThomas that ruled the charts for 14 weeks and ushered in the new millennium. The other one? "Maria Maria", which isn't nearly as memorable (it arguably even got SampledUp by "Wild Thoughts"), and lesser known than their early '70s hits like "Black Magic Woman" (#4), "Evil Ways" (#9), and "Oye Como Va" (#13).

* Music/StatusQuo's sole #1 hit in their native UK wasn't "Whatever You Want (#4) "In the Army Now" (#2) or "Rockin' All Over the World" (#3), but rather "Down Down", which still ''is'' an iconic track but not as popular as the aforementioned others. "Pictures of Matchstick Men", on the other hand, was their only hit ever in the US, and is still a very well-remembered song, but their aforementioned signatures didn't ever chart there.

* Theory of a Deadman's biggest hit on the Hot 100 wasn't "Bad Girlfriend" (#75), but rather "Not Meant to Be" (#55), which was their only pop crossover hit and is still easily their second best-known song. "Girlfriend" was their first of four #1 hits on rock radio, however, and their only top 10 hit on alternative.

* Music/PatBenatar's two highest-charting songs both reached #5. One of them, of course, was "Love Is a Battlefield" (which is also her only #1 on Mainstream Rock). While still iconic, it's not ''quite'' as much as "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", which only hit #9. The other #5 was the far less memorable "We Belong". Impressively, "Heartbreaker", her third-best known song, only hit #23.

* Lindisfarne's SignatureSong "Fog on the Tyne" was the title track of a number one album, but flopped as a single, only charting 18 years later in a heavily rewritten Stock Aitken Waterman-style electropop version with the band guesting as backing group to the footballer Paul "Gazza" Gascoigne. The band's actual one hit in the U.S. was the forgotten "Run for Home".

** In their native UK, they achieved three #1s: "You Really Got Me", "Tired of Waiting For You", and… not "Lola" or "All Day and All of the Night", both of which stopped at #2, but the much less iconic "Sunny Afternoon".