The 10 Greatest Rock One-Hit Wonders of All Time, Ranked

Although rock music is released on albums, it was the radio single which, for so long, and still to an extent today, got the attention of music fans and allowed bands to break out and become legends. Who would Nirvana be, for example, if not for their hit “Smells Like Teen Spirit”? Then there are those bands who never quite became all-time greats, but who still had fifteen minutes of fame thanks to one song which broke through on the radio charts or on MTV. For a moment, these bands became just as big as anyone else, only to disappear when the song they were known from faded away from constant radio and TV airplay. Although they were never able to recapture the magic with another huge hit, these 10 acts will live on forever thanks to the wonders of their one big song.