Artists whose biggest hits sound nothing like their others?

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Artists whose biggest hits sound nothing like their others?, Probably urban or alternative artists fit the description?

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Ne Plus Ultra View member profile	Jul 2 2015, 03:15 PM Post #1
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 15 November 2007 Posts: 5,272 User: 4,817	Case in point, Tori Amos, known as a singer-songwriter goddess who has produced many wonderful, emotional piano-filled tunes gets her biggest hit from a dub of "Professional Widow" remixed by Armand Van Helden which was huge in Ibiza: Zqae5qyopok Case in point: earned her a shock #1 in 1997. Can you think of any others? This post has been edited by Ne Plus Ultra: Jul 2 2015, 03:19 PM


Colm View member profile	Jul 2 2015, 03:17 PM Post #2
Yes, it's me. Joined: 4 November 2009 Posts: 19,812 User: 9,885	Everything But the Girl, similarly.


Spinning Adam View member profile	Jul 2 2015, 03:20 PM Post #3
Former iconic poster with no consistent posting style Pronouns: Don't take em seriously tbh Joined: 20 June 2014 Posts: 20,582 User: 21,005	Nice idea for a thread! I'm sure there's a lot that I know of but nothing's coming to mind at the moment, although I imagine a lot would be vocalists with different production such as a dance-y production which isn't usually their style, or a vocalist who's usually in dance production and switches to another genre or vice versa This post has been edited by Spinning Dev ಠ_ಠ: Jul 2 2015, 03:21 PM


ThePensmith View member profile	Jul 2 2015, 03:22 PM Post #4
They've had the very Tunnocks, Mary Joined: 13 March 2011 Posts: 5,506 User: 13,208	I suppose the most obvious one here is Plan B. Everything pre and post 'She Said' and 'The Defamation of Strickland Banks' album are so far removed from his usual 'grime' repertoire.


Colm View member profile	Jul 2 2015, 03:51 PM Post #5
Yes, it's me. Joined: 4 November 2009 Posts: 19,812 User: 9,885	Cornershop also.


Gambo View member profile	Jul 2 2015, 04:09 PM Post #6
BuzzJack Climber Joined: 29 July 2014 Posts: 198 User: 21,106	On the same tack as those tracks re-mixed and issued in their danced-up guise for single release, Freddie Mercury's 1993 No 1 'Living On My Own'. Okay, Mercury had more-than-flirted with electronic production and dance music affectation during his earlier solo years, and lest we forget was no stranger to No 1s as a member of Queen. But the posthumous re-mix of this track in a very studio-based Europop early '90s style stood out as being wildly distinct from any of his previous releases (even those issued after his death) and was by-far his biggest solo single in the UK. Another one off the top of the head is Maroon 5's 2011 monster-hit 'Moves Like Jagger' - a massive departure from their soft-rock guitar-based sound that originally broke them and yielded several radio and sales-friendly hit singles in 2004, subsituting it with swathes of over-produced studio effects with barely no acoustic instruments in evidence at all. Result = not quite a No 1 but still a million-seller. And needless to say they've never looked back. Why would they now they know where the real money's at.... This post has been edited by Gambo: Jul 2 2015, 04:10 PM


mrbrightside View member profile	Jul 2 2015, 04:10 PM Post #7
BuzzJack Regular Joined: 17 December 2007 Posts: 253 User: 5,072	Lana Del Rey vs Cedric Gervais 'Summertime Sadness'. Yet all her other songs are better than this dreadful remix. Well maybe not 'Guns and Roses' but all the other ones.


fchd View member profile	Jul 2 2015, 06:37 PM Post #8
BuzzJack Gold Member Joined: 14 July 2008 Posts: 3,807 User: 6,639	Somebody mentioned Freddie Mercury, how about Queen. Nothing else in their repertoire (or anyone else's really) sounds like Bohemian Rhapsody.


Tafty³³³ View member profile	Jul 2 2015, 07:13 PM Post #9
I found the love, I found the love in me Pronouns: He/Him Joined: 13 December 2007 Posts: 87,432 User: 5,042	Ellie Goulding really fits this thread for me. 'Burn' and 'Love Me Like You Do' sound nothing like anything on 'Lights' or 'Halycon Days'. They're a lot more radio friendly/public accessible than the likes of 'Starry Eyed'/'Guns & Horses'/'Anything Could Happen'/'Figure 8' etc...


Colm View member profile	Jul 2 2015, 07:14 PM Post #10
Yes, it's me. Joined: 4 November 2009 Posts: 19,812 User: 9,885	QUOTE(fchd @ Jul 2 2015, 07:37 PM) Somebody mentioned Freddie Mercury, how about Queen. Nothing else in their repertoire (or anyone else's really) sounds like Bohemian Rhapsody. Innuendo


zenon View member profile	Jul 2 2015, 07:29 PM Post #11
BuzzJack Gold Member Joined: 9 May 2009 Posts: 3,615 User: 8,809	Same Jeans by The View and Tequila by Terrorvision sound totally different to the rest of their respective back catalogues.


Colm View member profile	Jul 2 2015, 07:37 PM Post #12
Yes, it's me. Joined: 4 November 2009 Posts: 19,812 User: 9,885	The Bad Touch from the Bloodhound Gang.


Soy Adrián View member profile	Jul 2 2015, 07:55 PM Post #13
I'm so lonely, I paid a hobo to spoon with me Joined: 6 February 2010 Posts: 12,908 User: 10,596	Is the remix of 'Spectrum' cheating?


GTH View member profile	Jul 2 2015, 08:08 PM Post #14
Gareth T H Joined: 6 February 2010 Posts: 2,496 User: 10,597	QUOTE(Soy Adrián @ Jul 2 2015, 08:55 PM) Is the remix of 'Spectrum' cheating? That was the immediate song that came to mind for me as well. It was that remix that got to number one, so definitely counts. Agreed with Jonjo on Burn and LMLYD for Ellie Goulding. Really not a representative of what her albums sound like at all (I love both albums so that is not meant in a bad way).


Lee_J11 View member profile	Jul 2 2015, 09:22 PM Post #15
You can call me Manboy Joined: 18 April 2006 Posts: 2,871 User: 488	I know she's had a fair few big hits but Do It Like A Dude surely stands out in Jessie Js back catalogue? This post has been edited by Lee_J11: Jul 2 2015, 09:22 PM


vidcapper View member profile	Jul 3 2015, 05:22 AM Post #16
Paul Hyett Joined: 4 April 2006 Posts: 25,346 User: 364	QUOTE(Jonjo @ Jul 2 2015, 08:13 PM) Ellie Goulding really fits this thread for me. 'Burn' and 'Love Me Like You Do' sound nothing like anything on 'Lights' or 'Halycon Days'. They're a lot more radio friendly/public accessible than the likes of 'Starry Eyed'/'Guns & Horses'/'Anything Could Happen'/'Figure 8' etc... I agree.


Cowboy Cody View member profile	Jul 3 2015, 05:29 AM Post #17
new hair, new tee, new Levii’s Jeans Joined: 24 October 2014 Posts: 39,287 User: 21,308	QUOTE(Lee_J11 @ Jul 2 2015, 02:22 PM) I know she's had a fair few big hits but Do It Like A Dude surely stands out in Jessie Js back catalogue? Isn't her biggest hit "Price Tag"? "Do It Like A Dude" has the same energy "Bang Bang" has imo


BillyH View member profile	Jul 3 2015, 10:24 AM Post #18
BuzzJack Gold Member Joined: 10 July 2008 Posts: 2,146 User: 6,614	Extreme and Mr. Big both did this within a few months of each other in 1991-92, two metal groups releasing a gentle acoustic ballad (More Than Words/To Be With You) and getting their biggest hit by miles.


Nick F1 View member profile	Jul 3 2015, 07:32 PM Post #19
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 10 February 2008 Posts: 43,170 User: 5,392	Chandelier comes to my mind..


Spinning Adam View member profile	Jul 3 2015, 08:01 PM Post #20
Former iconic poster with no consistent posting style Pronouns: Don't take em seriously tbh Joined: 20 June 2014 Posts: 20,582 User: 21,005	QUOTE(Nick F1 @ Jul 3 2015, 08:32 PM) Chandelier comes to my mind.. Nah.