Deep Blue Something: And I Said, "What About Another Hit Song?"

I've never seen the movie "Breakfast At Tiffany's." It was a very popular movie, A lot of people have seen it. It put Audrey Hepburn on the map. (Go ahead, look at the map. I dare you.) Of course, these days it's almost best known for Mickey Rooney's offensive portrayal of a Japanese man. (No one has ever accused Mickey Rooney of subtlety.) (Not even George Peppard.)

When the band Deep Blue Something released the song "Breakfast At Tiffany's" in the summer of 1995, it got a lot of airplay. It had some peppy guitar work; repeatable, sing-a-longable lyrics, and lots of mentions of a 34 year-old movie that most of the people singing along had heard of but never seen. It peaked at #5 on the Billboard charts.

Deep Blue Something is led by the brothers Todd Pipes and Toby Pipes. Nice pipes, Pipes!

The album the song came from, "Home," is really quite an excellent album. The title song, "Home," sets a nice, melodic mood. "Gammer Gerten's Needle" (yes, I said "Gammer Gerten's Needle!") is a nice instrumental song, the kind no one makes anymore. While "Red Light," "Done," and "Song to Make Love To," are all fast-paced rockers that are excellent to exercise to. (Although I must admit I've never tried to make love to "Song to Make Love To.")

Unfortunately, Deep Blue Something (or their record label) decided not to release any of those songs as the follow-up to "Breakfast At Tiffany's." They instead went with the unorthodox decision to release the seventh best song from the album next. "Halo" was not a hit, bubbling under the Hot 100 at #102. (It wasn't helped by the non-descript, camera-jerking, short attention span video.)

Deep Blue Something then fell into some legal and label problems, and didn't release another album in the United States until 2001, an album they titled, "Deep Blue Something." (Don't even get me started on how I feel about self-titled albums! What a waste of a chance to come up with a creative album name! A waste, I say!) To promote the inadequately-named album, the band made some appearances at alternative radio stations. That's where I heard them do an acoustic performance of their would-be next hit, "She Is." And hey, it's a fantastic song! It grabbed me on my first listen, and I ran directly to the store and bought the album. (Well, I may have stopped at Arby's first.)

"She Is" was co-written by fellow one-hit wonder Matthew Wilder.

It's an excellent song, but the rest of the album is pretty pedestrian, with the exception of "Page Me Wolverine." And that was pretty much the end of Deep Blue Something.

Verdict: It's too bad Deep Blue Something is a one-hit wonder, because they definitely had songs worthy of more hits.