Guest razazteca Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Its looks like VH1! is going top 100 poll crazy this time its best One Hit Wonders. The song that I cannot get out of my head, is EMF's Its Unbelievable. It even spawned a Greatest Hits remix album, recently. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CoreyLazarus416 Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Dead Or Alive's "U Spin Me Round" is definitely up there, as well as A Flock Of Seagulls' "I Ran So Far Away." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mark4steamboat Report post Posted April 24, 2002 New Radicals "You Get What You Give" very cool Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JHawk Report post Posted April 24, 2002 "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something. Not because it was a great song, but the memory I have of it. I can still remember asking for the name of the band, hearing "Deep Blue Something" and going "Deep Blue" what? It started to look like an Abbott and Costello sketch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mark4steamboat Report post Posted April 24, 2002 ah yes Deep Blue Something. awesome song.I bought "non stop 90s rock" which is basically one hit wonders with some blind melon, counting crows, and other awesome bands thrown in. very good cd. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest redbaron51 Report post Posted April 24, 2002 hmmm..... uh... Duran Duran. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JHawk Report post Posted April 24, 2002 How about Tommy Tutone? 867-5309... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest razazteca Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Duran Duran Duran Duran is not One Hit Material, they have several good songs during the 80s, plus they did a James Bond theme song and have a punk tribute album out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest redbaron51 Report post Posted April 24, 2002 wow some one is snappy Well lets just put it in this way. Most 80's bands. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest razazteca Report post Posted April 24, 2002 most of the 80s New Wave were bad and I have to listen to it on the local radio since thats all they play here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Del Shannon - Runaway. Shannon's songs were actually pretty good, but the closest he ever came to Runaway's success were "Hey Little Girl" (#30 something on the charts) and "Keep Searchin' (#9?). There's a whole bunch of 1950s artists that could be considered, too... Penguins - Earth Angel Coasters - Yakety Yak Danny & the Juniors - At the Hop Of course, the #1 one-hit wonders: Kingsmen - Louie, Louie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest goodhelmet Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Actually, the Coasters had several top ten hits including "Charlie Brown" and "Searchin'". And if a guy had more than one hit (i.e. Del Shannon) then he can't really be considered a one-hit wonder. As for my favorite 1 hit wonder, it would have to be Kermit the Frog's "It's Not Easy Being Green" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kinetic Report post Posted April 24, 2002 According to SPIN, both Radiohead and Beck are one hit wonders. So count me in on them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest razazteca Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Radiohead a One Hit Wonder? that confuses me. So what was the Hit according to Spin magazine? Creep? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest evenflowDDT Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Radiohead has songs other than "Creep"? WTF? Hahahaha... j/k... as for my real favorite one-hit wonder, I'm going to go with A-ha for this one... sure besides "Take on Me" they also did the theme for "The Living Daylights", but I don't think very many other people noticed. I'm sure I'm going to also piss someone off with this, but another one of my favorite one hit wonders is The Mighty Mighty Bosstones? "The Impression That I Get" is a really great song. TMMB are much more of one-hit wonders in my mind than Duran Duran. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest muzanisa Report post Posted April 24, 2002 The Only Ones, Another girl Another Planet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Addy Report post Posted April 24, 2002 The Connels - 74-75 What a brilliant song though... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest crandamaniac Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Vanilla Ice, MC Hammer and Kris Kross. :head lowers in shame: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheMikeSC Report post Posted April 24, 2002 What, no mention of Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me"? Yeah, I know that Michael Jackson singing the chorus made it a hit, but still---not that bad a song. -=Mike ...Who likes cheesy '80's pop Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest razazteca Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Speaking of the Jackson family what about "Centipede" by their sister that nobody knows that excist, the 3rd sister? I dont think Hammer can count since he did hit it big with "2 Legit 2 Quit", "Pumps N Bumps" , "U Cant Touch This" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest evenflowDDT Report post Posted April 24, 2002 I forgot last night... what about Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger"? Where would puro/karaoke themes be without that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kinetic Report post Posted April 24, 2002 I dont think Hammer can count since he did hit it big with "2 Legit 2 Quit", "Pumps N Bumps" , "U Cant Touch This" Not to mention "Pray." I know we'd all like to imagine that Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em was all "U Can't Touch This" and just a momentary lapse of sanity on the part of the record-buying public, but no. That album was huge and had a few other hits that escape me currently. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Man in Blak Report post Posted April 25, 2002 According to SPIN, both Radiohead and Beck are one hit wonders. So count me in on them. Er, I guess I pick Radiohead then. SPIN is fucking worthless...but they leave me an easy out in this thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest hardyz1 Report post Posted April 25, 2002 I liked Candlebox's "Far Behind". That's the only thing I've ever heard from them. And Screaming Trees come to mind, although I can't recall what their hit was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest chirs3 Report post Posted April 25, 2002 Radiohead a One Hit Wonder? Some people... Anywho, my vote goes for Harvey Danger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kinetic Report post Posted April 25, 2002 Radiohead a One Hit Wonder? Some people... Anywho, my vote goes for Harvey Danger. I can sort of see where SPIN was coming from with that, though. You say Radiohead to most people in America, and they think "Creep." They might remember the "Paranoid Android" video, but nothing beyond that. I don't know if anyone mentioned Corey Hart. "Sunglasses at Night" is a-ok. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mr. Adam Report post Posted April 26, 2002 I can't let this thread go without mentioning Chesney Hawkes' seminal "One and Only". My favourite song ever - for all thr wrong reasons - and one which adorns my cellphone as the ringtone. GO NOKIA! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest evenflowDDT Report post Posted April 26, 2002 Hey, a couple of more recent one-hit wonders that I remembered are American Hi-Fi ("Flavor of the Weak") and SR-71 ("Right Now"). Also, don't forget Lou Bega's "Mambo No. 5" (on second thought, forget that one)! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest goodhelmet Report post Posted April 26, 2002 "Anywho, my vote goes for Harvey Danger." Flagpole Sitta rocks! As for one-hit wonder, it depends what your definition is. Jimi Hendrix was a one-hit wonder. The only song that was even top 20 was All Along the Watchtower. But we can all agree he has a huge collection of hits that never made the charts. "And Screaming Trees come to mind, although I can't recall what their hit was." "Nearly lost You" but I don't even recall it having any success besides some radio play and the Singles soundtrack Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest evenflowDDT Report post Posted April 26, 2002 As for one-hit wonder, it depends what your definition is. Jimi Hendrix was a one-hit wonder. The only song that was even top 20 was All Along the Watchtower. But we can all agree he has a huge collection of hits that never made the charts. Although you're right about him having a huge collection of hits that never made the charts, he did have many singles that, although they may not have featured mainstream popularity, were played and popular with audiences. I personally define a one-hit wonder as a group that only has one single, and are never heard from again. More often than not, the single is more well-known than the band. For this reason, since people know who Jimi Hendrix is, and he made subsequent records that had singles and sold, he's not a one hit wonder, at least not by my definition. You do make an interesting point though. Another example of a one-hit wonder is Soft Cell's "Tainted Love". Most people, like myself, know the song but not the artist (I had to ask Kinetic in an '80s music thread so I could download it). One more one-hit wonder for the road, how about crossing over to hip-hop/rap territory and a group called The Luniz with "I Got 5 on It". Awesome song, awesome rapper, but nobody cared about him after that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
