One-hit wonders [Archive]

Cassano

01 Oct 2005, 10:50 AM

Name artists who had one big hit that you heard almost every day, but then never had another hit again. I'll start off:

Lou Bega- Mambo #5

Fountains of Wayne- Stacy's Mom

Toon³

01 Oct 2005, 11:10 AM

Turning Japanese - The Vapours

She Sells Sanctuary - The Clut

Teenage Kicks - The Undertones. They had alot of other good songs but none made the commercial impact of this.

HerthaBerwyn

01 Oct 2005, 01:34 PM

'Heartbreak Hotel' Elvis something-or-other

Belgian guy

01 Oct 2005, 02:35 PM

Indeep - Last night a DJ saved my life
Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
The Knack - My Sharona (their one-hit status might be a good thing, come to think of it)
Spin Doctors - Two Princes
The Strokes - Someday/Last night/Is this it (Or however the song is called they repeat 11 times on their debut album)

Rafael Hernandez

01 Oct 2005, 02:50 PM

Skee-Lo- I Wish
Right Said Fred- Too Sexy
4 Non Blondes- What's Goin on
Mr. Big - To be with you

emp2b3

01 Oct 2005, 04:10 PM

I'd have to disagree with FOW just because Radiation Vibe got decent play and I heard Sink to the Bottom often enough when the first album came out. I know Denise was a single, but obviously not a hit. It is hard to say a band is a one hit wonder when they will still be putting out albums.

gaijin

01 Oct 2005, 04:25 PM

Chumbawamba - Tudthumping.

Well it was there only big hit.

gaijin

01 Oct 2005, 04:31 PM

Tainted Love by Soft Cell is usually a classic ohw. For US audiences it mainly is, it was there only major hit in that region iirc.

Its amazing the amount of cover versions of it though.

Take On Me by A-ha.

Can we say, Men without Hats - Safety Dance?

sizal9

01 Oct 2005, 04:31 PM

sisqo- thong song

gaijin

01 Oct 2005, 04:37 PM

Does anyone remember Las Ketchup?

'Asereje' used to grind into my skull. Non-********ing stop through Europe that was played.

Well anyway, the younger one with the dark hair was quite hot.

gaijin

01 Oct 2005, 04:41 PM

The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You.

That tune off Friends.

Never heard from since.

Another good one, that I've just found out, and incredibly its not crap;

Spirit In The Sky by Doctor and the Medics....

Also;

It's Raining Men by the Weather Girls...

Another great tune (if you happen to be gay of course.)

gaijin

01 Oct 2005, 04:43 PM

You Only Get What You Give by the New Radicals.

What a great ohw that was.... :)

Gunner Phan

01 Oct 2005, 05:37 PM

Chumbawamba - Tubthumping.

Well it was there only big hit.

phixed your post ;)

Grateful Dead "Touch of Grey" lol....

Phlock of Seagulls - ya know the song....

Gunner Phan

01 Oct 2005, 05:40 PM

Eddie Murphy - 'Party All the Time'

'Breakfast at Tiffany's' - can't remember the band but remember this one j.hole in high school who thought he was the ******** b/c he could play that 3 chord song. :rolleyes:

Tom Cochrane 'Life is A Highway'

655321

01 Oct 2005, 05:59 PM

How about bands that were one hit wonders, but should have been much bigger?

The La's

http://www.ear.fm/Encyclopedia%20L/la's_the.jpg

Ray Luca

01 Oct 2005, 06:36 PM

Iron Butterfly- "In a godadivida" I am listening to it now.

Eve of distruction- by Barry Maquire anyone remember this?

Diakonov

01 Oct 2005, 06:46 PM

The Proclaimers - "Five hundred miles"

Ghost

01 Oct 2005, 06:51 PM

You know, we do the one-hit wonder thread at least twice a year,and I'm always the one to say something like .....

"The Cult? She Sells Sanctuary? They had six or seven albums, and that wasn't even their biggest hit. Fire Woman was."

or

"A Flock of Seagulls? Which song? I Ran? Wishing? Telecommunication?"

or

"Men Without Hats? What about Pop Goes the World, which was a top 40 hit IIRC?"

or

"A-ha had a lot of hits in Europe."

Gosh, I love being the party pooper in these threads.

gaijin

01 Oct 2005, 07:18 PM

Hey, some people in the US think Frankie Goes to Hollywood are something of a one hit wonder.

:eek:

It's amazing that a song like "Two Tribes" was banned by the BBC for its stance on the Cold War. When you consider the outright anti-Iraq war songs out there, which make the 1980's rant about about global politics seem mild in comparison.

Gunner Phan

01 Oct 2005, 08:36 PM

You know, we do the one-hit wonder thread at least twice a year,and I'm always the one to say something like .....

"The Cult? She Sells Sanctuary? They had six or seven albums, and that wasn't even their biggest hit. Fire Woman was."

or

"A Flock of Seagulls? Which song? I Ran? Wishing? Telecommunication?"

or

"Men Without Hats? What about Pop Goes the World, which was a top 40 hit IIRC?"

or

"A-ha had a lot of hits in Europe."

Gosh, I love being the party pooper in these threads.

yeah you do....sorry, but A-ha is a one hit wonder. Hasslehoff had a lot of hits in Europe :rolleyes: clearly, their judgement is misguided.