Black Sheep Hit: The cliché-heavy ballad "Then", in comparison to many of his songs being uptempos and/or novelties.
In addition, his highest charting song on the Hot 100 is "Remind Me," a ballad with Carrie Underwood; Also different from his novelty songs.
One of Us: "Online" and "Welcome to the Future" both make it known that he likes his video games and computing. The video for "Start a Band" also makes several completely accurate Guitar Hero references.