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* MainstreamObscurity: Their hit single "Headhunter" made ''Front By Front'' the best selling album in the history of Wax Trax! Records, landed them at #13 on the Billboard dance charts, and continues to perform well on streaming services. Their subsequent album, ''Tyranny (For You)'', was their first release on a major label and became their highest charting albums to date. While Front 242 remain a well known and highly regarded name in the electronic/industrial scene, they don't have the same recognition among the general public as groups like Music/NineInchNails and Music/{{Ministry}}.

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* MainstreamObscurity: Their hit single "Headhunter" made ''Front By Front'' the best selling album in the history of Wax Trax! Records, landed them at #13 on the Billboard dance charts, and continues to perform well on streaming services. Their subsequent album, ''Tyranny (For You)'', was their first release on a major label and became their highest charting albums album to date.date, reaching #95 on the Billboard 200. While Front 242 remain a well known and highly regarded name in the electronic/industrial scene, they don't have the same recognition among the general public as groups like Music/NineInchNails and Music/{{Ministry}}.
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* MainstreamObscurity: Their hit single "Headhunter" made ''Front By Front'' the best selling album in the history of Wax Trax! Records, landed them at #13 on the Billboard dance charts, and continues to perform well on streaming services. While Front 242 remain a well known and highly regarded name in the electronic/industrial scene, they don't have the same recognition among the general public as groups like Music/NineInchNails and Music/{{Ministry}}.

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* MainstreamObscurity: Their hit single "Headhunter" made ''Front By Front'' the best selling album in the history of Wax Trax! Records, landed them at #13 on the Billboard dance charts, and continues to perform well on streaming services. Their subsequent album, ''Tyranny (For You)'', was their first release on a major label and became their highest charting albums to date. While Front 242 remain a well known and highly regarded name in the electronic/industrial scene, they don't have the same recognition among the general public as groups like Music/NineInchNails and Music/{{Ministry}}.
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* MainstreamObscurity: Their hit single "Headhunter" made ''Front By Front'' the best selling album in the history of Wax Trax! Records, landed them at #13 on the Billboard dance charts,and continues to perform well on streaming services. While Front 242 remain a well known and highly regarded name in the electronic/industrial scene, they don't have the same recognition among the general public as groups like Music/NineInchNails and Music/{{Ministry}}.

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* MainstreamObscurity: Their hit single "Headhunter" made ''Front By Front'' the best selling album in the history of Wax Trax! Records, landed them at #13 on the Billboard dance charts,and charts, and continues to perform well on streaming services. While Front 242 remain a well known and highly regarded name in the electronic/industrial scene, they don't have the same recognition among the general public as groups like Music/NineInchNails and Music/{{Ministry}}.
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* MainstreamObscurity: Their hit single "Headhunter" made ''Front By Front'' the best selling album in the history of Wax Trax! Records, landed them at #13 on the Billboard dance charts,and continues to perform well on streaming services. While Front 242 remain a well known and highly regarded name in the electronic/industrial scene, the don't have the same recognition among the general public as groups like Music/NineInchNails and Music/{{Ministry}}.

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* MainstreamObscurity: Their hit single "Headhunter" made ''Front By Front'' the best selling album in the history of Wax Trax! Records, landed them at #13 on the Billboard dance charts,and continues to perform well on streaming services. While Front 242 remain a well known and highly regarded name in the electronic/industrial scene, the they don't have the same recognition among the general public as groups like Music/NineInchNails and Music/{{Ministry}}.
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* MainstreamObscurity: Their hit single "Headhunter" made ''Front By Front'' the best selling album in the history of Wax Trax! Records, landed them at #13 on the Billboard dance charts,and continues to perform well on streaming services. While Front 242 remain a well known and highly regarded name in the electronic/industrial scene, the don't have the same recognition among the general public as groups like Music/NineInchNails and Music/{{Ministry}}.
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* EarWorm: Several, but the most notable is, of course, "Headhunter"- Just try getting that chorus (or that synthesized bassline, for that matter) out of your head!
** Another good one is "Welcome To Paradise". ''"Hey poor / You don't have to be poor anymore / Jesus is here!"''



* SignatureSong: "Headhunter".

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** For the curiosity of some people, the lyrics from "Cerol na Mão" [[WordSaladLyrics is close to have no meaning]]; [[PainfulRhyme it uses "ão" to rhyme almost anything]] ([[SingerNamedrop even the group's name]]), [[PainfulRhyme and even some words that don't even use "ão" as last syllable]] in [[UsefulNotes/PortugueseLanguage that language]].

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** For the curiosity of some people, the lyrics from "Cerol na Mão" [[WordSaladLyrics is close to have no meaning]]; [[PainfulRhyme it uses "ão" to rhyme almost anything]] anything ([[SingerNamedrop even the group's name]]), [[PainfulRhyme and even some words that don't even use "ão" as last syllable]] syllable in [[UsefulNotes/PortugueseLanguage that language]].
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: While they did well in their home country of Belgium, they arguably reached their highest commercial success within the US.

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* SampledUp: Their song "Headhunter" is their best known song, but the Brazilian funk song "Cerol na Mão" by Bonde do Tigrão that samples the synth riff from this song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA49hJlKRVo has a significant bigger number]] of views on YouTube. This song is so much known that [[NeverLiveItDown most of the comments featured in the original song are from Brazilians, mentioning the lyrics from "Cerol na Mão"]], [[TheCoverChangesTheMeaning that has nothing to do with the original song]].

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* SampledUp: Their song "Headhunter" is their best known song, but the Brazilian funk song "Cerol na Mão" by Bonde do Tigrão that samples the synth riff from this song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA49hJlKRVo has a significant bigger number]] of views on YouTube.Website/YouTube. This song is so much known that [[NeverLiveItDown most of the comments featured in the original song are from Brazilians, mentioning the lyrics from "Cerol na Mão"]], [[TheCoverChangesTheMeaning that has nothing to do with the original song]].



* SignatureSong: "Headhunter".

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* SignatureSong: "Headhunter"."Headhunter".
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* SampledUp: Their song "Headhunter" is their best known song, but the Brazilian funk song "Cerol na Mão" by Bonde do Tigrão that samples the synth riff from this song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA49hJlKRVo has a significant bigger number]] of views on YouTube. This song is so much known that [[NeverLiveItDown most of the comments featured in the original song are from Brazilians, referencing the lyrics from "Cerol na Mão"]], [[TheCoverChangesTheMeaning that has nothing to do with the original song]].

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* SampledUp: Their song "Headhunter" is their best known song, but the Brazilian funk song "Cerol na Mão" by Bonde do Tigrão that samples the synth riff from this song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA49hJlKRVo has a significant bigger number]] of views on YouTube. This song is so much known that [[NeverLiveItDown most of the comments featured in the original song are from Brazilians, referencing mentioning the lyrics from "Cerol na Mão"]], [[TheCoverChangesTheMeaning that has nothing to do with the original song]].
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** For the curiosity of some people, the lyrics from "Cerol na Mão" [[WordSaladLyrics is close to have no meaning]]; [[PainfulRhyme it uses "ão" to rhyme anything, even some words that don't even use "ão" as last syllable]] in [[UsefulNotes/PortugueseLanguage that language]].

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** For the curiosity of some people, the lyrics from "Cerol na Mão" [[WordSaladLyrics is close to have no meaning]]; [[PainfulRhyme it uses "ão" to rhyme anything, almost anything]] ([[SingerNamedrop even the group's name]]), [[PainfulRhyme and even some words that don't even use "ão" as last syllable]] in [[UsefulNotes/PortugueseLanguage that language]].
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** For the curiosity of some people, the lyrics from "Cerol na Mão" [[WordSaladLyrics is close to have no meaning]]; [[PainfulRhyme it uses "ão" to rhyme anything, even some words that don't even exist]] in [[UsefulNotes/PortugueseLanguage that language]].

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** For the curiosity of some people, the lyrics from "Cerol na Mão" [[WordSaladLyrics is close to have no meaning]]; [[PainfulRhyme it uses "ão" to rhyme anything, even some words that don't even exist]] use "ão" as last syllable]] in [[UsefulNotes/PortugueseLanguage that language]].
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** For the curiosity of some people, the lyrics from "Cerol na Mão" [[WordSaladLyrics is close to have no meaning]]; [[PainfulRhyme it uses "ão" to rhyme anything, even some words that don't even exist]] in [[UsefulNotes/PortugueseLanguage that language]].
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* SampledUp: Their song "Headhunter" is their best known song, but the Brazilian funk song "Cerol na Mão" by Bonde do Tigrão that samples the synth riff from this song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA49hJlKRVo has a significant bigger number]] of views on YouTube. This song is so much known that [[NeverLiveItDown most of the comments featured in the original song are from Brazilians, referencing the lyrics from "Cerol na Mão"]], [[TheCoverChangesTheMeaning that has nothing to do with the original song]].
** The band even [[http://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/musica,front-242-acusa-bonde-do-tigrao-de-plagio,20031031p1923?req=arteelazer/2003/not20031031p1923.htm tried to sue Bonde do Tigrão in 2003]] claiming the group didn't pay royalties to the song's sample, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj6n4Esk9V0 but years later they still used to perform the song with that sample]].
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* MusicToInvadePolandTo: Due to their rigid, somewhat militaristic sound and the fact that a handful of their songs are in German, they've been accused of being Fascists. Totally unfounded- their political beliefs lean towards the other end of the spectrum, in fact...

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* MusicToInvadePolandTo: Due to their rigid, somewhat militaristic sound and the fact that a handful of their songs are in German, they've been accused of being Fascists. Totally unfounded- their political beliefs lean towards the other end of the spectrum, in fact...fact...
* SignatureSong: "Headhunter".
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* EarWorm: Several, but the most notable is, of course, "Headhunter"- Just try getting that chorus (or that synthesized bassline, for that matter) out of your head!
** Another good one is "Welcome To Paradise". ''"Hey poor / You don't have to be poor anymore / Jesus is here!"''
* EpicRiff: The aforementioned synth bassline. Also, the lead synths from "Until Death (Us Do Part)" and "Circling Overland", the synth horns and main hook of "Quite Unusual", the basslines of "No Shuffle" and "Rhythm Of Time"... The list goes on.
* MusicToInvadePolandTo: Due to their rigid, somewhat militaristic sound and the fact that a handful of their songs are in German, they've been accused of being Fascists. Totally unfounded- their political beliefs lean towards the other end of the spectrum, in fact...

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