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April 27, 2022 - A Stanford Psychologist Says He’s Cracked the Code of One-Hit Wonders

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A Stanford Psychologist Says Hes Cracked the Code of One-Hit Wonders

In September 1992, the band Blind Melon released their self-titled debut album. The record was mostly ignored until a music video for the song “No Rain,” featuring a girl in glasses dressed as a bumblebee, went berserk on MTV. The song rocketed up the Billboard Hot 100 charts. But that was the last time the band ever struck gold. Two decades later, Rolling Stone named “No Rain” one of the biggest one-hit wonders of all time.

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