Natalie Merchant - "Kind & Generous"

While the newly-fronted 10,000 Maniacs were busy remaking Roxy Music's "More Than This", Natalie Merchant released her second solo album Ophelia.  The album wasn't nearly the success as her debut, but did contain the Top 10 hit "Kind & Generous".  Much like the Police's "De Do Do Do De Da Da Da", "Kind & Generous" featured the lyric "thank you" over and over and over....

10,000 Maniacs - "More Than This"

Natalie Merchant was an already established solo artist in 1997 when her former band 10,000 Maniacs found commercial success with a remake of the old Roxy Music hit "More Than This."  The song featured new lead singer Mary Ramsey.  Ramsey would later leave the band and then returned in 2008.  A new album from them is expected sometime in 2015 or 2016.