Novelty/viral acts with no real cult following that suddenly and inexplicably returned many years later

Also Gala's 'Freed From Desire' which everyone had forgotten about until a few years ago when it started to rival 'Seven Nation Army' as the big new terrace chant.

why am i defending billy ray cyrus on the internet.

new board descrip obv

I guess Max Tundra rehabilitating Daphne & Celeste kind of counts, although the explanation was pretty obvious - they wanted to pair the duo's energy with some great weird pop :)

thought of this too but I feel like it kind of inverts this trope

baha men released their first single in 9 years in 2011, "go!" and iirc it had only about 1000 youtube views after a few months

Daphne & Celeste didn't actually need Max Tundra to rehabilitate them, they were always beloved by the 30-something internet pop crew, way more so than Max Tundra ever was. Like they definitely had a core fanbase that was delighted to see then again.

The big one is 'I Like To Move It Move It' which is now a staple at all kids' parties thanks to Madagascar.

Jimmy Nail had one hit in 1985 with a version of "Love Don't Live Here Anymore", the returned seven years later with "Ain't No Doubt".

Second time around, he'd stick around for a few more hits

a) Not a novelty/viral act
b) Stuck around the first time to release an album the following year, and singles from it
c) Had a strong mainstream following from his day job starring in, creating and writing popular prime-time television