I cannot say I know any other Spacehog songs. You might assume they are not nearly so good, but I know better than to assume. It seems to me most bands and artists that have "made it" are one hit wonders. Perhaps two hits if they are lucky. They have a spurt of success thanks to the one song, and the album the one song is on, and then they struggle to repeat that success. Spacehog is no exception.
What separates them from the bands and artists that pump out hit after hit, album after album, is still a bit of a mystery to me. My hypothesis is:
1. You need a unique enough sound to not be lumped in with a well developed genre. Covering the Beatles isn't going to help you unless you sound nothing like the Beatles at this point. You don't want to be TOO unique though or you may not be considered music or lumped in with those "Experimental Music" freaks (although even they have their successes).
2. You need good or unique looks. Remember how video killed the radio star? Yeah. If you are not "pretty" then a unique wardrobe is probably your best friend. A visual image for your fans to latch on to is probably a must though.
1 & 2 will help for the first hit, but then…
3. You need to be able to reproduce your sound enough for it to be a sound associated with you, from song to song, and yet not have every song sound exactly the same (although that can work too for certain bands, The Strokes, I'm looking at you… with love that is). Each song in your repertoire needs to compliment your overall package.
…and yet I feel like my hypothesis must be missing a lot. Other factors like your stage performance, the recording quality, your publicist and label, blah blah blah, all factor in, I'm sure. There is also that magic of the right time, right place too. I am not actually in the music industry, so I probably should not hypothesize about such things. Someone might get hurt. But whatever. Put on a helmet.
So why didn't Spacehog score more than this one song on the charts in the USA, even after touring with Oasis and also The Black Crowes? I guess I'll have to listen to more than this one song to find out. Maybe #3 didn't apply? I do love this song though!
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