Glenn Lewis, Don’t You Forget It | 1 Hit WONDERful

In the 19^th  edition of 1 Hit WONDERful (2025), we highlight “Don’t You Forget It” performed by Glenn Lewis.

[otw_shortcode_dropcap label=”I” size=”large” border_color_class=”otw-no-border-color” shadow=”shadow” square=”square”]t only takes ONE hit to solidify a musical legacy 💯! On 1 Hit WONDERful, we highlight songs that were the SOLE hit by a given musician.  It is possible that the artists appearing on this list earned a minor hit or two, BUT for the most part, that ONE hit earned them recognition. So, in the 19^th edition of 1 Hit WONDERful (2025), we dive into “Don’t You Forget It”, the one-hit wonder by Glenn Lewis.[/otw_shortcode_dropcap]

“Faraway from that life so young / That’s when you used to know,” Canadian neo-soul singer/songwriter Glenn Lewis sings in the first verse of his 2002 hit, “Don’t You Forget It”. He continues, “Many dreams since then you’ve had / Have come and gone and that time might show.” “Don’t You Forget It” is the third track from his debut album, World Outside My Window.  Lewis and Andre Harris wrote it while Harris produced it. Notably, “Don’t You Forget It” is Lewis’s only top 40 hit. It peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching the top 10 of the R&B charts.

“Don’t You Forget It” features a lush, enigmatic instrumental intro. The sounds set the tone for the song.  Following the intro, “Don’t” evolves into a groovy, mid-tempo track. Lewis delivers silky-smooth vocals. He sings with ease yet packs a mean punch.  The chorus is where Lewis’s bread is buttered:

“And don’t you forget it

Don’t you forget your way home

For that little girl

Hold on to your world.”

There are tuneful melodies in the verses. Like the lyrics excerpted from the first verse, the songwriting is poetic and thoughtful. “Nothing but your heavy broken heart,” Lewis sings in the second verse, adding, “The memory of what used to be / With change comes responsibility.” Word. In the third verse, Lewis asserts, “Don’t you be afraid / Cause a heartbeat away / Is all and everything / That’s ever meant me and will mean to you.” They don’t make R&B songs like “Don’t You Forget It”.  More hits would have been nice for Lewis, but many artists would envy having a hit of the caliber of this one.

Glenn Lewis  // World Outside My Window // Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. // 2002

Glenn Lewis, Don’t You Forget It: 1 Hit WONDERful No. 19 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.; Antoni Shkraba, KoolShooters, Pavel Danilyuk, Photo By: Kaboompics.com, RDNE Stock project from Pexels; AcatXIo, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]