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To stop people from leaving at gigs after they've heard the song (as what happened ''a lot'' to [[Radiohead]] with their song "Creep" before they developed a larger fandom), these songs are normally played live either at the end of the main set or during the encore.
Some musicians arguably avert this by having several equally famous hit songs, [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]], [[Michael Jackson]] and [[Elvis Presley]] being the three prominent examples. If they'd left off one of their hits from a show it wouldn't have been such an obvious oversight. That said, as with most of these, [[Your Mileage May Vary]] and certainly some of their songs are more identified with them than others.
Often overlaps with [[Black Sheep Hit]]. See also [[One-Hit Wonder]], for an extreme case of this trope. Not to be confused with [[Leitmotif]].
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* 3OH!3 -- ''Don't Trust Me''
* [[3 Inches of Blood|Three Inches of Blood]] -- ''Deadly Sinners'' or ''Destroy the Orcs''
* [[50 Cent]] -- ''In Da Club''
* The 5th Dimension -- ''Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In''
* 8ball & MJG -- ''Space Age Pimpin''
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* [[Anthrax]] -- ''Caught in A Mosh''
* [[Aphex Twin]] -- ''Windowlicker'' and ''Come to Daddy''
* [[Fiona Apple]] -- ''Criminal''
* Apocalyptica -- ''I Don't Care''
* Apollo 440 -- ''Stop The Rock''
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* Attack -- ''Ooa Hela Natten''
* Attack Attack! -- ''Stick Stickly''
* [[Audioslave]] -- ''Like a Stone''
* Autopilot Off -- ''Clockwork'' or ''Make a Sound''
* The Avalanches -- ''Frontier Psychiatrist''
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* [[Avenged Sevenfold]] -- ''Bat Country'' or ''Beast and the Harlot''
* [[Avicii]] -- ''Levels'', ''Wake Me Up'' or ''Seek Bromance''
* Awolnation — Sail
* B.B. King -- ''[[Covered Up|The Thrill is Gone]]''
* B. o. B -- ''Nothin' on You'' or ''Airplanes''
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* Better Than Ezra -- ''Good''
* [[Beyoncé]] -- ''Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)''
* [[Justin Bieber]]
* Biffy Clyro -- ''[[The X Factor|Many]] [[Covered Up|of]] [[Refrain From Assuming|Horror]]''
* Big & Rich -- ''Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)''
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* [[Bowling for Soup]] -- ''1985''
* Billy Bragg -- ''A New England''
* [[Johannes Brahms]] — Lullaby (Weigenleid) in E Flat (often referred to as "Brahms' Lullaby")
* Michelle Branch -- ''Everywhere''
* [[Breaking Benjamin]] -- ''The Diary Of Jane'', ''[[Halo (series)|Blow Me Away]]'' or ''I Will Not Bow''
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* Celldweller -- ''Switchback''
* [[Celtic Frost]] -- "Circle of The Tyrants"
* [[Harry Chapin]] -- ''Cats in the Cradle''
* [[Cheap Trick]] -- ''I Want You to Want Me''
* [[Cher]] -- ''Believe''
* Eagle-Eye Cherry -- ''Save Tonight''
* Cherry Poppin' Daddies -- ''Zoot Suit Riot''
* [[Frederic Chopin]] -- ''Fantaisie -- Impromptu'' or ''Piano Sonata No. 2'' (the Funeral March)
* [[Chumbawamba]] -- ''Tubthumping''
* Eric Church -- ''Springsteen''
* The Church - ''Under the Milky Way''
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* Billy Ray Cyrus -- ''Achy Breaky Heart''
* [[Miley Cyrus]] -- ''Party In The USA''
* Daddy Yankee -- ''Rompe'' or "Gasolina"
* [[Daft Punk]] -- ''One More Time'' or ''Harder, Better. Faster. Stronger''
* Dick Dale -- ''[[Pulp Fiction|Misirlou]]''
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* Paul Davis -- ''I Go Crazy''
* DC Talk -- ''Jesus Freak''
* [[Claude Debussy]] -- ''Claire de Lune''
* Dead By April - ''Promise Me'' or ''Losing You''
* [[Dead Kennedys]] -- ''California Uber Alles'', ''Holiday in Cambodia'' or ''Too Drunk to Fuck''
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* Dexy's Midnight Runners -- ''Come On Eileen''
* [[D 4 L]] -- ''Laffy Taffy''
* [[Neil Diamond]] -- ''Sweet Caroline''
* [[Bo Diddley]] -- ''Bo Diddley''
* Dido -- ''Thank You''
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** Joe Walsh --''Life's Been Good''
* Eamon -- ''Fuck it! (I Don't Want You Back)''
* [[Earth, Wind & Fire]] -- ''September''
* Sheena Easton -- ''Morning Train''
* Eiffel 65 -- ''Blue (Da Ba Dee)''
* [[Electric Light Orchestra]] -- ''Evil Woman''
* Electric Six -- "Gay Bar" (To the chagrin of real fans)
* [[Danny Elfman]]—Theme for Tim Burton's ''[[Batman]]'' or ''[[Edward Scissorhands]]''.
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* [[Duke Ellington]] -- ''Take the "A" Train''.
* Missy Elliott -- ''Work It''
* [[Emerson, Lake &
* EMF -- ''Unbelievable''
* [[Eminem]] -- ''Lose Yourself'' or '' The Real Slim Shady''
* The English Beat -- ''Mirror in the Bathroom''
* EndeverafteR -- ''[[Jeff Hardy|No More Words]]''
* [[Enya]] -- ''Only Time''
* [[Erasure]] -- ''Always''
* The Escape Club -- ''Wild, Wild West''
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* John Farnham -- ''You're the Voice''
* Fastball -- ''The Way''
* [[Fatboy Slim]] -- ''The Rockafeller Skank''
* [[Fear Factory]] -- Replica
* Jose Feliciano -- ''Feliz Navidad''
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* [[Goldfrapp]] -- ''Ooh la La'' or ''Strict Machine''
* [[Selena Gomez]] & [[Lesser Star|The Scene]] -- ''Naturally'' or ''Love You Like A Love Song''
* [[Good Charlotte]] -- ''The Anthem''
* [[The Goo Goo Dolls]] -- ''Iris''
* Lesley Gore -- ''It's My Party''
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* Vince Guaraldi -- ''[[Peanuts|Linus and Lucy]]''
* The Guess Who -- ''American Woman''
* [[David Guetta]] -- ''Sexy [[Censored Title|Chick]]'' or ''Without You''
** To be honest, he might not have a signature song because most of his hits are probably more associated with the guest stars more than Guetta himself.
* [[Guns N' Roses]] -- ''Sweet Child O' Mine'' or ''Welcome to the Jungle''
* Arlo Guthrie -- ''[[Alice's Restaurant (music)|Alice's Restaurant]]''
* Woody Guthrie -- ''This Land Is Your Land''
* Guttermouth -- ''She's Got the Look''
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* [[The Hold Steady]] -- ''The Swish''
* Hoku -- ''Another Dumb Blonde'' or ''Perfect Day''
* [[Courtney Love|Hole]] -- ''Celebrity Skin''
* [[The Hollies]] -- ''He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother''
* [[Buddy Holly]] -- ''Peggy Sue''
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* [[Jefferson Airplane]] -- ''Somebody to Love'' or ''White Rabbit''
* Sean Jenness -- ''[[Sheamus|Written In My Face]]
* [[Carly Rae Jepsen]] -- ''Call Me Maybe''
* Jeremih -- ''Down On Me''
* Jessie J -- ''Price Tag'' or ''Domino''
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* [[Jethro Tull]] -- ''Aqualung''
* [[Joan Jett]] -- ''I Love Rock 'n' Roll'' or ''Bad Reputation''
* [[Jewel]] -- ''Who Will Save Your Soul''
* [[The J.
* [[Jimmy Eat World]] -- ''The Middle''
* J-Kwon -- ''Tipsy''
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* [[The Jonas Brothers|Jonas Brothers]] -- ''Burnin' Up''
* Norah Jones -- ''Don't Know Why''
* [[Tom Jones]] -- ''It's Not Unusual''
* [[Janis Joplin]] -- ''[[Covered Up|Me and Bobby McGee]]'' or ''Piece of My Heart''
* Eric Johnson -- ''Cliffs of Dover''
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* KC and the Sunshine Band -- ''That's The Way (I Like It)''
* KC-i and Jojo -- ''All My Life''
* [[Keane]] -- ''Somewhere Only We Know''
* Kelis -- ''Milkshake''
* Paul Kelly -- ''To Her Door'', ''Before Too Long'', or ''Darling It Hurts''
* [[R. Kelly]] -- ''I Believe I Can Fly''
* Kenny G -- ''Songbird''
* Alicia Keys -- ''Fallin'''
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* [[Lamb of God]] -- ''Laid to Rest'' or ''Black Label''
* [[Adam Lambert]] -- ''Whataya Want From Me''
* [[Cyndi Lauper]] -- ''[[Covered Up|Girls Just Want to Have Fun]]''
* [[Avril Lavigne]] -- ''Complicated''
* [[Led Zeppelin]] -- ''Stairway To Heaven''
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* [[Living Colour]] -- ''[[CM Punk|Cult of Personality]]''
* LL Cool J -- ''Mama Said Knock You Out''
* [[LMFAO]] -- ''Party Rock Anthem''
* Kenny Loggins -- ''Footloose''
* [[The Lonely Island]]-- ''I'm on a Boat''
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* [[Lordi]] -- ''Hard Rock Hallelujah'' or ''Blood Red Sandman''
* Lostprophets -- ''Last Train Home'' or ''Rooftops''
* Los Lobos -- ''[[Covered Up|La Bamba]]''
* Los Del Rio -- ''Macarena''
* Los Lonely Boys -- ''Heaven''
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* MGMT -- ''Kids''
* [[M.I.A.]] -- ''Paper Planes''
* [[George Michael]] -- ''Faith''
* Midnight Oil -- ''Beds Are Burning''
* [[The Mighty Mighty Bosstones]] -- ''The Impression That I Get''
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* [[P!nk]] -- ''Get the Party Started''
* [[Pink Floyd]] -- ''Another Brick in [[The Wall]], Part II'', ''Wish You Were Here,'' or ''Comfortably Numb'', ''Money''
* [[Pitbull]] -- ''Give Me Everything''
* [[The Pixies]] -- ''Where is My Mind?'' or ''Monkey Gone to Heaven''
* Placebo -- ''Pure Morning''
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** ''Bombshell'' also counts, due to its popularity despite its lack of an official release.
* Daniel Powter -- ''Bad Day''
* [[The Presidents of the United States of America (band)|The Presidents of the United States of America]] -- ''Lump''
* [[Elvis Presley]] -- ''Heartbreak Hotel'' ''Hound Dog'' and ''Jailhouse Rock'' are contenders.
* The Pretenders -- ''Brass in Pocket''
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* [[The Ramones]] -- ''I Wanna Be Sedated'' or ''Blitzkrieg Bop''
* [[Rancid]] -- ''Time Bomb''
* [[Maurice Ravel]] -- ''Bolero''
* Helen Reddy -- ''I Am Woman''
* [[Otis Redding]] -- ''(Sittin' On) The Dock Of the Bay''
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* The Shins -- ''New Slang''
* The Shondells -- ''Crimson & Clover''
* Howard Shore—The ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' theme
* [[Short Stack]] -- ''Sway, Sway Baby!'', ''Princess'', or ''Sweet December''
* [[Sia]] -- ''Breathe Me''
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* [[Frank Sinatra]] -- ''My Way''
* Nancy Sinatra -- ''These Boots Are Made For Walkin'''
* [[Sir Mix-a-Lot]] -- ''Baby Got Back''
* Sixx: A.M. -- ''Life is Beautiful'' or ''Lies of the Beautiful People''
* Skee-Lo -- ''I Wish''
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