Modjo were a French house duo, and they belong to the golden run of turn-of-the-millennium French dance music alongside the likes of Daft Punk and Stardust. Their calling card, "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)", arrived in 2000, built on a silky guitar sample from Chic's "Soup for One" that earned Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards a writing credit.
It was an immediate, worldwide hit. The track topped the UK chart, debuting at number one and making Modjo the first French group to enter the UK chart at the summit. For a moment they were one of the faces of the French-touch sound.
The follow-ups never came close. The duo released just one self-titled album before going their separate ways, and "Lady" remained their defining statement. It now sits near 855 million plays, while their next most-streamed track trails at under 40 million. That puts the ratio above 22, far past our 5.0 line.
By our measure Modjo are a certified one-hit wonder. They are also a reminder of how the French-touch era worked: a scene full of acts who distilled a whole sound into one immaculate single, then let it speak for them.