Augustana are an American rock band who landed one wistful, piano-driven hit in the mid-2000s. "Boston", released in 2005, is a gentle, yearning song about starting over in a new city, and its swelling chorus made it a radio staple and a fixture of the era's earnest, emotional pop-rock, by far the band's best-known work.
They kept recording for a loyal audience, but no later single came close to the reach of "Boston", which became their lasting signature.
On streaming, "Boston" sits near 138 million plays, while their next most-streamed track trails at around 16 million. That sends the ratio above 8, past our 5.0 line.
By our measure Augustana are a certified one-hit wonder. Theirs is a familiar mid-2000s story: a band who connected with one heartfelt, piano-led anthem that captured a particular mood of restless longing, watched it become a radio favourite, then settled into the working-band life as the wider audience moved on, leaving that single song standing far ahead of everything else they recorded. Its melancholy hook still turns up on mid-2000s playlists and television montages, keeping "Boston" alive for listeners who could not name another Augustana track.