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Track two on side two of Talking Heads' 'Fear of Music,' released in 1979, 'Heaven' might have been the fourth single taken from the album but instead this rare ballad featured as the second song in the band's 1984 concert film 'Stop Making Sense.'
Often cited as one of the greatest albums of all time, 'Rumours,' released by Fleetwood Mac in 1977, spawned four hit singles—'Go Your Own Way,' 'Dreams,' 'Don't Stop,' and 'You Make Loving Fun.' A glaring exception is 'The Chain.' However, it was played live on numerous occasions and gained further fame in the UK when the instrumental section of the track was used as the theme song for the BBC and Channel 4's television coverage of Formula One.
A track that opens 1975's 'Born to Run,' 'Thunder Road' is regarded by many Bruce Springsteen fans as the single that got away, and certainly one of the greatest songs ever composed by "The Boss."
Al Green's knockout cover of the Bee Gee's 'How Can You Mend A Broken Heart' was overlooked as a possible follow-up single after 'Let's Stay Together' made the top spot on his 1972 album.
'Hunky Dory,' released in 1971, is considered one of David Bowie's most influential albums. 'Changes' was the lead single, but 'Oh! You Pretty Things' was a close contender. Ultimately, Bowie gave away the track to Peter Noone, lead singer with Herman's Hermits, who recorded it as his debut solo single.
'Voodoo Child (Slight Return)' was never released as a single in the US, but after Jimi Hendrix's death on September 18, 1970, a single version was released in the UK. The song was written by Hendrix and recorded by The Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1968 and appears as the final track on the group's 'Electric Ladyland' album.
Arguably the best song in The Beatles' canon never released as a single is 'A Day in the Life.' The song closes the band's legendary 1967 album, 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,' and is quite simply regarded as a masterpiece. It remains one of the most influential and celebrated songs in popular music history.
Elvis Presley's cover version of Bob Dylan's 'Tomorrow Is a Long Time' was included as a bonus track on the 1966 movie soundtrack album 'Spinout.' RCA music executives missed a beat by not releasing it as a single, especially after Dylan himself later said that Presley's cover of the song was "the one recording I treasure the most."
An obscure track on side two of 1963's 'Surfer Girl,' this number, sung by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, features some mean-sounding drums by Dennis Wilson. But Brian Wilson was planning to drop the song altogether; it might later have made it as a single, but another automobile-themed song, 'Little Deuce Coupe,' ultimately took the checkered flag.
'Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.' is the debut album by Simon & Garfunkel. Released in 1964, it featured the original acoustic version of 'Sounds of Silence,' which was released as a single. But for many it's the lesser-known 'Bleecker Street' that truly showcases the duo's early folk sound, with one critic describing the song as "haunting" and "atmospheric."
'Your Silent Face' opens side two of New Order's highly regarded 'Power, Corruption & Lies,' released in 1983. The track became a highlight of the band's live act.
The third song on Nirvana's debut album, 'Bleach,' released in 1989, 'About a Girl' achieved fame after Kurt Cobain performed a live acoustic version of the track during the band's 'MTV Unplugged' appearance in November 1993. 'About a Girl' was, in fact, released as a single in October 1994, six months after Cobain's death.
A track by American alternative rock band Pixies recorded for their 1988 debut album, 'Surfer Rosa,' 'Where Is My Mind?' became the Pixies' signature song. It gained a wider audience in 1999 after being featured in the movie 'Fight Club.'
It was only in 2023 that 'Cruel Summer' was finally released as a single. Recorded in 2019 as an album track on 'Lover,' Swift began performing the song live during her Eras tour. Soon afterwards, it went viral on social media.
The second track on side one of Goldfrapp's 2005 album, 'Supernature,' 'Lovely 2 C U' is one of the more underrated songs by the English electronic music duo of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory.
