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Originally Posted by bjcrazycpa
This is the song that instantly popped in my head when I read your 4 criteria. This is a "wtf were they thinking leaving it off the record".
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I think it would have taken some work to have been a hit, but lyrically it is certainly one of their finest songs.
I don't know if WLAM could have been a hit, I am just glad that it wasn't. I'd hate any excuse for them to steer their next album in that direction. I know some here love it, but I really didn't like it at all.
I can't think of any b-side that was a sure fire hit (including the beloved Edge of a Broken Heart... it's good. Just not Prayer or Wanted good), though I can name plenty of them that should have made albums.
On Have a Nice Day, there were three weak links that could have been replaced by the Nothing, Dirty Little Secret, and These Open Arms. But honestly, I love that album so much that I wish they had just kept writing and put out a double disc. Bounce would have also been a good double disc album... it had a lot diversity and several good b-sides. Standing, Postcards and We Can Dance should have made it regardless.