They are most famous for their recording of Rupert Holmes's "

", a song deliberately written to get banned, based on a theme of cannibalism. Holmes himself selected the group to record the song. Recorded at Scepter Recording Studios in New York City and released by Scepter Records, with whom

had been signed but previously ignored, the song hit #17 on US charts in 1971. Scepter executives did not catch what it was about until after it started climbing the charts, after which claiming that

was a mule, a concept Holmes found more offensive than cannibalism, which he intended. Holmes, with D. Jordan, wrote a less-successful hit for them titled "

", an epic narrative dealing with an escaped bank robber. Much more serious in tone than their previous hit, "

" reached only #84. By contrast it was a massive hit twice in mainland Europe, when originally released, and when re-released in 1979.