Marmalade were a Scottish pop band who had a real run of UK hits in the late 1960s, including a chart-topping cover of The Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da". But their most enduring song, and the one that dominates their streaming, is a more reflective original.
"Reflections of My Life", released in 1969, is a wistful, beautifully arranged piece of melodic pop, and it became an international hit, by far their most-streamed track and the one most listeners remember.
On streaming, "Reflections of My Life" sits near 36 million plays, while their next most-streamed track trails at around six million. That puts the ratio above 6, past our 5.0 line.
By our measure Marmalade are a certified one-hit wonder, with the caveat that they had several hits in their UK heyday. To the streaming audience, though, the numbers are clear: one wistful, gorgeously melancholy song became their lasting calling card, a late-60s gem that stands far ahead of everything else they recorded. Its aching melody and bittersweet lyric have kept it a fixture of oldies radio for over half a century, far better remembered than the chart-topping covers that surrounded it at the time.