Songfacts - Songs that Were an Artist's First Hit

Songs that Were an Artist's First Hit

Found 356 Songs.

(Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Öyster Cult

(I Just) Died in Your Arms - Cutting Crew

(They Long to Be) Close to You - The Carpenters

(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party) - Beastie Boys

1-2-3 - Len Barry

10538 Overture - Electric Light Orchestra

5 Years Time - Noah and the Whale

A Horse With No Name - America

A Lover's Concerto - The Toys

A Moment Like This - Kelly Clarkson

A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton

A Touch Too Much - The Arrows

A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum

Ah! Leah! - Donnie Iris

Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg - TLC

Alive - Pearl Jam

All Right Now - Free

All That She Wants - Ace Of Base

Along Comes Mary - The Association

And The Beat Goes On - The Whispers

Angels on the Moon - Thriving Ivory

Angry Johnny - Poe

Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet

Arnold Layne - Pink Floyd

Asleep In The Back - Elbow

Baby Girl - Sugarland

Baby I Need Your Loving - The Four Tops

Baby One More Time - Britney Spears

Back Here - BBMak

Bang Bang You're Dead - Dirty Pretty Things

Barbie Girl - Aqua

Be-Bop-a-Lula - Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps

Beg Borrow and Steal - The Ohio Express

Black and Gold - Sam Sparro

Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker

Both Sides Now - Judy Collins

Buffalo Gals - Malcolm McLaren

Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry

By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Glen Campbell

Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers

California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas

Candy Girl - New Edition

Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas

Catch The Wind - Donovan

Chains - The Cookies

Charly - The Prodigy

Cold - Crossfade

Come And Get It - Badfinger

Come Go With Me - Exposé

Control - Puddle Of Mudd

Couldn't Get It Right - The Climax Blues Band

Country Grammar (Hot S--t) - Nelly

Crazy - Seal

Crazy On You - Heart

Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne

Criminal - Fiona Apple

Crush On You - The Jets

Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) - Chic

Diana - Paul Anka

Dirty Laundry - Don Henley

Do It Again - Steely Dan

Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann

Do You Believe In Love? - Huey Lewis and the News

Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? - Culture Club

Don't Cha - Pussycat Dolls

Don't Give Up On Us - David Soul

Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle

Don't Know Why - Norah Jones

Don't Make Me Over - Dionne Warwick

Don't Mean Nothing - Richard Marx

Don't Tell Me You Love Me - Night Ranger

Dumb Blonde - Dolly Parton

Every Kinda People - Robert Palmer

Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears for Fears

Everybody's Changing - Keane

Everything You Want - Vertical Horizon

Everything Zen - Bush

Everywhere - Michelle Branch

Evil Ways - Santana

Fallin' - Alicia Keys

Feels Like The First Time - Foreigner

Find A Way - Amy Grant

Fire And Rain - James Taylor

First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack

Follow You, Follow Me - Genesis

Food For Thought - UB40

Fool If You Think It's Over - Chris Rea

Foolish - Ashanti

G.T.O. - Ronny and the Daytonas

Genie in a Bottle - Christina Aguilera

Gertcha - Chas & Dave

Get Dancin' - Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes

Get Down And Get With It - Slade

Getting Away With It - Electronic

Girl You Know It's True - Milli Vanilli

Girlfriend - Pebbles

Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper

Gloria - Laura Branigan

Good Lovin' - The Young Rascals

Good-bye-ee - 14-18

Gotta Get Thru This - Daniel Bedingfield

Hanging By a Moment - Lifehouse

Hanky Panky - Tommy James and The Shondells

Harder To Breathe - Maroon 5

He's The Greatest Dancer - Sister Sledge

Heaven - Los Lonely Boys

Hello Stranger - Barbara Lewis

Here In My Heart - Al Martino

High - Feeder

High Enough - Damn Yankees

Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!) - Blu Cantrell

Hold My Hand - Hootie & the Blowfish

Hold On - En Vogue

Hold The Line - Toto

Holdin' On To Yesterday - Ambrosia

Holiday - Madonna

How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You - Marvin Gaye

How You Remind Me - Nickelback

Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen

I Alone - Live

I Beg Your Pardon - Kon Kan

I Believe - Blessid Union of Souls

I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys

I Can't Explain - The Who

I Don't Want A Lover - Texas

I Just Want To Be Your Everything - Andy Gibb

I Kissed a Girl - Katy Perry

I Like the Way (The Kissing Game) - Hi-Five

I Love College - Asher Roth

I Love Rock And Roll - Joan Jett

I Met Him on a Sunday (Ronde-Ronde) - The Shirelles

I Need Love - LL Cool J

I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) - Aretha Franklin

I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock Of Seagulls

I Think I Love You - The Partridge Family

I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany

I Try - Macy Gray

I Wanna Sex You Up - Color Me Badd

I Want You - Savage Garden

I Want You Back - The Jackson 5

I Will Follow Him - Little Peggy March

I'd Really Love To See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley

I'll Be Good To You - The Brothers Johnson

I'm a Honky Tonk Girl - Loretta Lynn

I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight - Toby Keith

I'm Like A Bird - Nelly Furtado

I'm On Fire - Dwight Twilley

I'm Outta Love - Anastacia

If You Had My Love - Jennifer Lopez

If You Wanna Get To Heaven - Ozark Mountain Daredevils

In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins

In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett

In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry

Inside Your Heaven - Carrie Underwood

Instant Replay - Dan Hartman

It Ain't Me Babe - The Turtles

It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over - Lenny Kravitz

It's My Party - Lesley Gore

It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones

Jerk It Out - The Caesars

Johnny Angel - Shelley Fabares

Just A Girl - No Doubt

Just Call Me Lonesome - Radney Foster

Just Dance - Lady Gaga

Just What I Needed - The Cars

Kids In America - Kim Wilde

Kind of a Drag - The Buckinghams

Kiss The Rain - Billie Myers

Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down

Last Train To Clarksville - The Monkees

Leaving Las Vegas - Sheryl Crow

Let Her In - John Travolta

Let Your Love Flow - The Bellamy Brothers

Listen To The Music - The Doobie Brothers

Livin' La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin

Long, Long Time - Linda Ronstadt

Longview - Green Day

Loser - Beck

Love And Affection - Joan Armatrading

Love Resurrection - Alison Moyet

Love Shack - The B-52's

Love To Love You Baby - Donna Summer

Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain & Tennille

Machine Gun - The Commodores

Magic - Pilot

Make It With You - Bread

Mandy - Barry Manilow

Manic Monday - The Bangles

Marrakesh Express - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Matthew And Son - Cat Stevens

Me Myself And I - De La Soul

Meet Virginia - Train

MMMbop - Hanson

Money's Too Tight To Mention - Simply Red

More Than A Feeling - Boston

Morning Train (Nine To Five) - Sheena Easton

Motownphilly - Boyz II Men

Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight

Mr. Jones - Counting Crows

Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds

Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old) - Garth Brooks

My Baby - Lil' Romeo

My Boy Lollipop - Millie Small

My Name Is - Eminem

Name - The Goo Goo Dolls

Natural Born Bugie - Humble Pie

Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley

Never Too Much - Luther Vandross

New Year's Day - U2

Night Moves - Bob Seger

Nineteen - Paul Hardcastle

No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age

No One Like You - Scorpions

No, No, No - Destiny's Child

Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor

Oh My God - Kaiser Chiefs

Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac

On and On - Stephen Bishop

One Bad Apple - The Osmonds

One Of Us - Joan Osborne

One Week - Barenaked Ladies

Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Neil Young

Only You - Yazoo

Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) - Enya

Our Lips Are Sealed - Go-Go's

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly

Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes

Poetry Man - Phoebe Snow

Pon De Replay - Rihanna

Public Image - Public Image Ltd

Put Your Records On - Corinne Bailey Rae

Ramblin' Gamblin' Man - Bob Seger

Real World - Matchbox Twenty

Red Rubber Ball - The Cyrkle

Remember (Walking in the Sand) - The Shangri-Las

Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightengale

Rock And Roll Part 2 - Gary Glitter

Rocking Into The Night - .38 Special

Roses Are Red (My Love) - Bobby Vinton

Run It! - Chris Brown

Run-Around - Blues Traveler

Runaway - Bon Jovi

Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind

Seven Seas of Rhye - Queen

Shattered (Turn The Car Around) - O.A.R.

She Bangs The Drums - The Stone Roses

She's Not There - The Zombies

She's So High - Tal Bachman

Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - Ramones

Sherry - The Four Seasons

Shop Around - The Miracles

Shotgun - Junior Walker & The All Stars

Shout - The Isley Brothers

Simon Says - 1910 Fruitgum Company

Sleep Walk - Santo & Johnny

Slippin' Into Darkness - War

Smalltown Boy - The Bronski Beat

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

Smile - Lily Allen

Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm

Society's Child - Janis Ian

Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel

Song For Whoever - The Beautiful South

Space Oddity - David Bowie

Splish Splash - Bobby Darin

Stars Are Blind - Paris Hilton

Stay - Lisa Loeb

Stay With Me - Faces

Straight Up - Paula Abdul

Strawberry Wine - Deana Carter

Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits

Surfin' Safari - The Beach Boys

Susie Q - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses

Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Take It Easy - Eagles

Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver

Take Me I'm Yours - Squeeze

Talk Dirty To Me - Poison

Tallahassee Lassie - Freddy Cannon

Tears Of A Clown - The English Beat

Tears On My Pillow - Little Anthony & The Imperials

Tell It To My Heart - Taylor Dayne

Tell Me (You're Coming Back) - The Rolling Stones

Tennessee - Arrested Development

Terry - Twinkle

That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly

That's My Goal - Shayne Ward

That's What Girls Are Made For - The Spinners

The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy

The Closest Thing To Crazy - Katie Melua

The Letter - The Box Tops

The Look - Roxette

The Middle - Jimmy Eat World

The Mountain's High - Dick and Dee Dee

The Old Man Down The Road - John Fogerty

The One I Love - R.E.M.

The One Thing - INXS

The Power - Snap!

The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) - Missy Elliott

The Rain, The Park And Other Things - The Cowsills

The Remedy - Jason Mraz

The Sound Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel

The Stroke - Billy Squier

The Way - Fastball

The Way You Do The Things You Do - The Temptations

Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye - The Casinos

There Goes Another Love Song - The Outlaws

These Arms of Mine - Otis Redding

These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - Nancy Sinatra

These Eyes - The Guess Who

This Is How It Feels - Inspiral Carpets

This Is How We Do It - Montell Jordan

This Is The Night - Clay Aiken

This Masquerade - George Benson

This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) - Natalie Cole

Those Were The Days - Mary Hopkin

Tired Of Being Alone - Al Green

Tomorrow - Silverchair

Too Shy - Kajagoogoo

Touch Of Grey - Grateful Dead

Uh Huh - B2K

Undone - The Sweater Song - Weezer

United We Stand - Brotherhood of Man

Vision Of Love - Mariah Carey

Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed

Walkin' on the Sun - Smash Mouth

Walking After Midnight - Patsy Cline

Wannabe - The Spice Girls

Wasted Little DJs - The View

Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) - Wham!

What a Diff'rence a Day Makes - Dinah Washington

Whatever - Godsmack

When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge

When Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout

When Will I Be Famous? - Bros

Wherever You Will Go - The Calling

Who Can It Be Now? - Men at Work

Who Will Save Your Soul? - Jewel

Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin

Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis

Why Don't You Do Right? - Peggy Lee

Wink The Other Eye - Marie Lloyd

Worried About Ray - The Hoosiers

Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush

Yellow - Coldplay

You Give Me Something - James Morrison

You Make Me Wanna - Usher

You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette

You Really Got Me - The Kinks

You Turn Me On I'm a Radio - Joni Mitchell

You're Still A Young Man - Tower of Power

Your Mama Don't Dance - Loggins and Messina

Your Song - Elton John