Which 1988 song made British singer Tanita Tikaram a one-hit wonder in the United States?

Tanita Tikaram’s 1988 song “Twist in My Sobriety” made the British singer a one-hit wonder in the United States.

Tikaram wrote the song for her debut album Ancient Heart when she was a teenager. Its restrained arrangement and low, distinctive vocal contrast with the more conventional pop production common in the late 1980s.

The song became a substantial international success, reaching number two in several European countries. In the United States, it reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1989, making it Tikaram’s only US top-40 hit.

Its widely seen music video was filmed in Bolivia and directed by Gerard de Thame. The video’s rural imagery is sometimes treated as literal explanation of the lyrics, but the song’s meaning has remained deliberately open to interpretation.