"The Right Decision" by Jesus Jones

Jesus Jones is an experimental band from London who had a breakout hit in 1991 with "Right Here, Right Now." The song went all the way to #2 and helped the follow-up single, "Real, Real, Real," reach an impressive #4. Then they became strangers to the charts.

The band's 1993 follow-up record, "Perverse," was ambitious to say the least, burying a lot of great melodic ideas underneath a lot of unusual noise. Despite being pioneers in electrical pop rock, this genre did not have the legs to withstand the crushing sound of grunge guitars.

If it were released as the lead single instead the inferior "The Devil You Know", "The Right Decision" might have given Jesus Jones at least one more chart hit in the US. "The Right Decision" balances the band's experiments in sonic assaults with a chorus that warmly consoles the ears. Seriously, it should have been a hit.