Sniff 'n' the Tears were a British band, led by songwriter Paul Roberts, who left behind one cool, propulsive hit that has proven remarkably durable. "Driver's Seat", released in 1978, is a taut, new-wave-tinged rock song with a driving rhythm and a memorable guitar line, and it became an international hit, returning to wide attention again and again through use in films and adverts over the decades.
The band continued to record, but no other song approached the reach of that one enduring track.
On streaming, "Driver's Seat" sits near 91 million plays, and its other top entries are alternate versions of the same song. Their next distinct track trails far behind. That sends the ratio above 19, far past our 5.0 line.
By our measure Sniff 'n' the Tears are a certified one-hit wonder. Theirs is a classic story of a song that refuses to fade: one sleek, driving rock track that keeps being rediscovered by new audiences through the screen, decades after its release, standing far ahead of everything else the band recorded. Each new advert or film placement seems to mint another wave of listeners who know the song without ever knowing the band's name.