"Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" by The Smiths

In the 80s, The Smiths brought joy and happiness to brooding teens everywhere. Helmed by the Captain of Melancholy, Morrissey, The Smiths became hugely popular and influential without obtaining a single entry on the US charts.

The band was on a steady rise throughout the decade and seemed poised to hit it big with their 1987 album, "Strangeways, Here We Come." But despite the strengths of tunes like "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" and "Girlfriend In A Coma," it just didn't work out and they broke up. 

After the breakup, Morrissey finally broke through on the American charts as a solo artist with 1994's "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get," which reached #46. It would remain his only charting single. Famed guitarist Johnny Marr also had his taste of chart success in his new band, Electronic, whose "Getting Away With It" hit #38 in 1990.