Alphaville - "Forever Young"

Episodes of One Tree Hill, Parks & Recreation, and 30 Rock have all featured Alphaville's "Forever Young", yet many will quickly recall the high school dance scene in Napoleon Dynamite when they hear this song.  Despite being released three separate times, the song never once cracked the Top 40.

Breathe - "Don't Tell Me Lies"

"Don't Tell Me Lies" showed the more upbeat side from British pop group Breathe.  Originally recorded in 1985, the band re-released the ditty in 1989 after finding success with Hands to Heaven and How Can I Fall.

Sheriff - "When I'm With You"

The story of Sheriff is an odd and frustrating tale.  The Canadian rockers one hit single was the ballad "When I'm With You".  Originally released in 1983, the song was a mild hit in Canada (and even milder...lukewarm, really, in the States).  Frustrated over their lack of success, Sheriff broke up shortly afterward.  Then in 1988, a Minneapolis radio station started playing the song again causing other radio stations to follow suit.  A year later, Sheriff's record company re-released the song which caused the song to go to #1 in 1989...despite the band having broken up years prior.  The former Sheriff members had gone on to different projects, and refused to get the band back together.  A year later, two former Sheriff band mates found success with their new group Alias.  Their claim to fame is "More Than Words Can Say".

Savage Garden - "To The Moon and Back"

Sometimes a record label tries more than once to make a song a hit.  In the case of Savage Garden, the group had a hit with "I Want You" in 1996.  The follow-up single was "To The Moon and Back" which barely cracked the Pop Charts.  Then came the band's huge "Truly, Madly, Deeply" which at the time (1997) set the record for the longest-running #1 AC hit.  So, the record company re-released "To The Moon and Back" in 1998 and the song proved to be more successful than before.