what takes many musicians years to
accomplish these artists got right on
their first try welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten debut singles for this
list we’ve narrowed it down to debut
singles that were successful upon their
release songs that became successful
much later like The Doors break on
through
or covers like the Jimmy Hendrix
experience’s hey Joe
or one-hit wonders like Frankie Goes to
Hollywood’s relax
more songs that come from later solo or
side projects like the gorillas Clint
Eastwood have been excluded so of the
Beatles since there’s no one single of
theirs that was their clear-cut debut
all over the world
number ten supersonic oasis
they’ve later go on to claim on many
occasions that they were the best band
in the world
but before all that Oasis gave us this
single full of attitude and youthful
confidence that immediately set the lads
for Manchester apart from the rest of
the pack
taken off their classic debut album
Definitely Maybe this song only just
barely made the UK top 40 but charted
highly on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks
chart in the States at number 11
number nine fast car Tracy Chapman I
wanted to go to anyway for some new
artists all it takes is one TV
appearance to send your career into the
stratosphere phones you’ve got nothing
to lose baby we’ll make something that’s
how things happen for Tracy Chapman when
she performed this song at Nelson
Mandela’s birthday concert in 1988
despite the folk and pop track being a
sad tale of generational poverty and
alcoholism
it still sold tons of Records and score
Chapman a top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit
as well as a Grammy for Best Female
vocal performance number 8 undone the
sweater song Weezer
the first song this band ever wrote
ended up being their first single and
kicked off a career that is still going
fairly strong today
with lyrics about a man becoming
increasingly mentally unstable while at
a party
and musical influences from Metallica
and The Velvet Underground
Weezer’s sweater song cracked the top 40
in the UK and helped their self-titled
debut album eventually go triple
platinum in the States
number seven Just Dance Lady gaga
this track was a hit in other countries
like Canada and Australia first before
finally catching on in the States and
once it did boy did it
ever
bringing lady gaga out of a career of
writing songs for other pop acts and
ushering in an era of her being one of
pops biggest stars in her own right just
dance eventually sold over 10 million
copies
number six killing in the name Rage
Against the Machine
this rap and alternative metal number
goes through multiple time changes and
each one packs just as much of a punch
as the others it also features overtly
political lyrics that would define the
rest of rages career
and rips that guitarist tom morello came
up with while he was teaching a guitar
student how to play in drop D tuning the
song initially reached number 25 on the
UK Singles Chart but topped the same
chart sixteen years later following an
online campaign proving killing in the
name and rage against the machines
blasting influence and popularity number
five baby one more time Britney Spears
it might seem a bit creepy for a
teenager to take something that sounds
so dirty and make it so innocent but
this song was so catchy and so well
written that not many people seem to
care
and Brittany wouldn’t be the only one to
do this in the late 90s as her fellow ex
Mouseketeer Christina Aguilera
demonstrated with the next year’s genie
in a bottle but it’s Britt Britt’s debut
single that lands here with the opening
three note piano riff immediately
catching your attention
this single started a career full of
many more pop hits and plenty of
controversy
and yet many still come back to this
doozy of a track number four creep
Radiohead their sound has taken on so
many different shapes and forms over the
years following this song’s release that
it’s a bit weird to think Radiohead even
wrote and recorded creep to begin with
the four-minute tomb features a quiet
first loud chorus dynamic more commonly
associated with lunch
nonetheless the first single from their
debut album Pablo honey set the stage
for a massive career for a band that
still attracts huge crowds today
despite the fact that Radiohead has
reportedly nicknamed this song number
three blitzkrieg bop The Ramones
it’s catchy Bay City Rollers inspired
chant and it’s simple chord progression
and Instrumentation paid off in spades
as far as turning these queens area
musicians into legends of the punk rock
genre
Joey Johnny Dede and Tommy would gain
quite a following with a distinctive
sound that was easy to learn on guitar
but just as easy to rock out to at shows
not only that but the opening track and
first single off their self-titled first
record has also been a staple at
sporting events for years number two
protect your neck play but there aren’t
many better ways to introduce yourself
to the rap world than this quote me the
rapper with verses from eight different
emcees several of whom went on to have
successful solo careers this hip hop
track goes hard from start to finish and
showed that the drastically different
rap styles of Raekwon Method Man and RZA
to name a few could go hand-in-hand
seamlessly protecting neck was
critically acclaimed and is featured on
a number of lists as one of the best
songs of the 90s before we unveil our
top pick here are a few honorable
mentions
it’s the bounce of the Wow Freeman and
crawl then Diggy get show then Snoop
Doggy Dogg I drink her booze for
breakfast an intial for dessert somebody
order pancakes
number one anarchy in the UK Sex Pistols
first the moment you hear Johnny rottens
trademark snarl on this song you’re
instantly sucked in
call me sometime
written as a means of reflecting the
state of mind of the English youth who
were frustrated with the government and
the country’s economy the punk-rock
track ended up hitting the top 40 in the
UK despite controversy and some stores
refusing to sell the band’s music
as The Sex Pistols very first track from
their first and only full-length album
anarchy in the UK is a blistering debut
and our number one
do you agree with our list which debut
single is your all-time favorite
with entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
accomplish these artists got right on
their first try welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten debut singles for this
list we’ve narrowed it down to debut
singles that were successful upon their
release songs that became successful
much later like The Doors break on
through
or covers like the Jimmy Hendrix
experience’s hey Joe
or one-hit wonders like Frankie Goes to
Hollywood’s relax
more songs that come from later solo or
side projects like the gorillas Clint
Eastwood have been excluded so of the
Beatles since there’s no one single of
theirs that was their clear-cut debut
all over the world
number ten supersonic oasis
they’ve later go on to claim on many
occasions that they were the best band
in the world
but before all that Oasis gave us this
single full of attitude and youthful
confidence that immediately set the lads
for Manchester apart from the rest of
the pack
taken off their classic debut album
Definitely Maybe this song only just
barely made the UK top 40 but charted
highly on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks
chart in the States at number 11
number nine fast car Tracy Chapman I
wanted to go to anyway for some new
artists all it takes is one TV
appearance to send your career into the
stratosphere phones you’ve got nothing
to lose baby we’ll make something that’s
how things happen for Tracy Chapman when
she performed this song at Nelson
Mandela’s birthday concert in 1988
despite the folk and pop track being a
sad tale of generational poverty and
alcoholism
it still sold tons of Records and score
Chapman a top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit
as well as a Grammy for Best Female
vocal performance number 8 undone the
sweater song Weezer
the first song this band ever wrote
ended up being their first single and
kicked off a career that is still going
fairly strong today
with lyrics about a man becoming
increasingly mentally unstable while at
a party
and musical influences from Metallica
and The Velvet Underground
Weezer’s sweater song cracked the top 40
in the UK and helped their self-titled
debut album eventually go triple
platinum in the States
number seven Just Dance Lady gaga
this track was a hit in other countries
like Canada and Australia first before
finally catching on in the States and
once it did boy did it
ever
bringing lady gaga out of a career of
writing songs for other pop acts and
ushering in an era of her being one of
pops biggest stars in her own right just
dance eventually sold over 10 million
copies
number six killing in the name Rage
Against the Machine
this rap and alternative metal number
goes through multiple time changes and
each one packs just as much of a punch
as the others it also features overtly
political lyrics that would define the
rest of rages career
and rips that guitarist tom morello came
up with while he was teaching a guitar
student how to play in drop D tuning the
song initially reached number 25 on the
UK Singles Chart but topped the same
chart sixteen years later following an
online campaign proving killing in the
name and rage against the machines
blasting influence and popularity number
five baby one more time Britney Spears
it might seem a bit creepy for a
teenager to take something that sounds
so dirty and make it so innocent but
this song was so catchy and so well
written that not many people seem to
care
and Brittany wouldn’t be the only one to
do this in the late 90s as her fellow ex
Mouseketeer Christina Aguilera
demonstrated with the next year’s genie
in a bottle but it’s Britt Britt’s debut
single that lands here with the opening
three note piano riff immediately
catching your attention
this single started a career full of
many more pop hits and plenty of
controversy
and yet many still come back to this
doozy of a track number four creep
Radiohead their sound has taken on so
many different shapes and forms over the
years following this song’s release that
it’s a bit weird to think Radiohead even
wrote and recorded creep to begin with
the four-minute tomb features a quiet
first loud chorus dynamic more commonly
associated with lunch
nonetheless the first single from their
debut album Pablo honey set the stage
for a massive career for a band that
still attracts huge crowds today
despite the fact that Radiohead has
reportedly nicknamed this song number
three blitzkrieg bop The Ramones
it’s catchy Bay City Rollers inspired
chant and it’s simple chord progression
and Instrumentation paid off in spades
as far as turning these queens area
musicians into legends of the punk rock
genre
Joey Johnny Dede and Tommy would gain
quite a following with a distinctive
sound that was easy to learn on guitar
but just as easy to rock out to at shows
not only that but the opening track and
first single off their self-titled first
record has also been a staple at
sporting events for years number two
protect your neck play but there aren’t
many better ways to introduce yourself
to the rap world than this quote me the
rapper with verses from eight different
emcees several of whom went on to have
successful solo careers this hip hop
track goes hard from start to finish and
showed that the drastically different
rap styles of Raekwon Method Man and RZA
to name a few could go hand-in-hand
seamlessly protecting neck was
critically acclaimed and is featured on
a number of lists as one of the best
songs of the 90s before we unveil our
top pick here are a few honorable
mentions
it’s the bounce of the Wow Freeman and
crawl then Diggy get show then Snoop
Doggy Dogg I drink her booze for
breakfast an intial for dessert somebody
order pancakes
number one anarchy in the UK Sex Pistols
first the moment you hear Johnny rottens
trademark snarl on this song you’re
instantly sucked in
call me sometime
written as a means of reflecting the
state of mind of the English youth who
were frustrated with the government and
the country’s economy the punk-rock
track ended up hitting the top 40 in the
UK despite controversy and some stores
refusing to sell the band’s music
as The Sex Pistols very first track from
their first and only full-length album
anarchy in the UK is a blistering debut
and our number one
do you agree with our list which debut
single is your all-time favorite
with entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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