Matt Nathanson is an American singer-songwriter who spent years building a devoted live following before one song carried his name to a much wider audience. A prolific, road-tested performer with a string of albums, he is the kind of artist whose fans know his whole catalogue, which makes the gap in his streaming numbers all the more striking.
"Come On Get Higher", released in 2007, is a warm, romantic acoustic-pop song that became a wedding and radio staple, by far his best-known work.
On streaming, "Come On Get Higher" sits near 309 million plays, while his next most-streamed track, "Used To Be", trails at around 31 million. That sends the ratio above 9, comfortably past our 5.0 line.
By our measure Matt Nathanson is a certified one-hit wonder, with the caveat that this reflects mainstream reach rather than the depth of his work. He has a substantial catalogue and a committed audience who would name many favourites. It is simply that one tender, much-played love song broke through to the casual listener in a way the rest did not, and on streams it stands well ahead of everything else he has made.