One Hit Wonders

[Yar]

Well, with One Hit Wonders on VH1 Classic slowly becoming my personal guilty pleasure, I thought it was only appropriate that we have this thread. :shifty:

So, what are some of your favorite one hit wonders? Take On Me by A-ha is playing right now. That's one of my secret favorite songs. Also You Get What You Give by the New Radicals.

Yeah, most of the one hit wonders I like are cheesy '80s and '90s, but, whatever. :p

[Kirobaito]

They had two other minor hits, but "One Toke Over the Line" takes the cake with me. My musical partner toured with Brewer and Shipley during the 70's.

[Moon Rabbits]

omfg You Get What You Give and Take On Me are the best.

[Gwawr]

"The One and Only" - Chesney Hawkes.

[zaqwert]

I always had a guilty pleasure of dancing to the "Macarena"

HEEEEEY MACARENA!

[Shoeberto]

It makes me sad that The New Radicals broke up because no one cared about any of their other songs. My sister had their CD and there was some pretty good, creative stuff on there. It's a shame.

[rubah]

Blondie can't be a OHW, they had that best of blondie collection!

(plus I like a bunch of their songs but have never heard that one :D)

[Yar]

Blondie can't be a OHW, they had that best of blondie collection!

(plus I like a bunch of their songs but have never heard that one :D)Yeah. I can think of a bunch of Blondie hits.

Maria! Ave Maria! *DONG DONG DONG* ♫

[MadeOfApples]

Nena - 99 Red Balloons

Easily.

[Cleric]

I love Nena! My all time fav. though is Groove is In The Heart by Dee Lite <333

[Rantz]

The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=b6gD_CwF5YM&feature=related)

[Boney King]

http://sunglasses180.com/uploaded_images/i-wear-my-sunglasses-at-night-788369.jpg

Oh and Blondie had a bunch of other hits. "Heart of Glass", "Atomic", "One Way Or Another"...

[blackmage_nuke]

Mambo Number 5

[VorpalCyberWolf]

I Touch Myself by Blondie


Blondie can't be a OHW, they had that best of blondie collection!

(plus I like a bunch of their songs but have never heard that one :D)



Blondie can't be a OHW, they had that best of blondie collection!

(plus I like a bunch of their songs but have never heard that one :D)Yeah. I can think of a bunch of Blondie hits.

Maria! Ave Maria! *DONG DONG DONG* ♫


That's because "I Touch Myself" was by The DiVinyls (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTneO6UgRuM) Albeit they can sound like Blondie.

I would have to separate them by decades...
50's - "Rockin Robin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaJP3Lp0Gg)" - Bobby Day
60's - "Happy Together (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaJP3Lp0Gg)" - The Turtles
70's - "Spirit In The Sky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaJP3Lp0Gg)" - Norman Greenbaum
80's - "Relax (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaJP3Lp0Gg)" - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
90's - "Epic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaJP3Lp0Gg)" - Faith No More
00's - "Blue (Da Ba Dee) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaJP3Lp0Gg)" - Eiffel 65

[Rye]

Rrrrrrricoooooooooo.... suaveeeee. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx64_N4AA04)

[scrumpleberry]

The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=b6gD_CwF5YM&feature=related)

Hell yes <333333

No no, no no no no, no no no no, no no there's no limit~!
WHAT IS LOVE
The girls - Calvin Harris

(I'm not even joking either :|)

There's probably some more that I can't think of right now.

[Bunny]

I'm Too Sexy is my anthem.

Also Canon in D Major.

[Jessweeee♪]

Take On Me by A-ha is playing right now. That's one of my secret favorite songs.

Taaaaake ooooon meeeeeeeeeee ♪
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v726/jesse053/kyle1.gif

[charliepanayi]

Whoever said Frankie Goes to Hollywood - strictly they're at least three-hit wonders - what about Two Tribes or The Power of Love? Neither as big as Relax but then not much in the 80s was.

Cornershop deserved to be much more than the on-hit wonders they were with the remix of Brimful of Asha. They're a great band.

[VorpalCyberWolf]

Fair enough. Another band that perhaps could be considered a one-hit wonder could be Fastball with the song "The Way (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaJP3Lp0Gg)." But they indeed had 1 or 2 more big ones. Does anyone even click links anymore?

EDIT:


Also Canon in D Major.
Speaking of Canon... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM)

[Moon Rabbits]

I Touch Myself by Blondie

Not by Blondie.

Also: Heart of Glass, Rapture, Call Me, Maria . . . . .

That song by The Way reminds me of the 90s and how little I was. It's a good song, too.

[Frequency NecroKat]

Yaaay, this is my guilty pleasure too. My parents get sick of me watching the One-Hit-Wonder things on TV.

Well, one of my favorites is (of course) "Macarena". I don't think you get more one-hit-wonder than that. My very favorite is probably A-Ha's "Take On Me". I looove when boys hit those high notes. <3 The music video is any geek-girl's dream.

[Balzac]

I Touch Myself by The Divinyls

Fixed.

[tailz]

I Touch Myself by Blondie


Blondie can't be a OHW, they had that best of blondie collection!

(plus I like a bunch of their songs but have never heard that one :D)



Blondie can't be a OHW, they had that best of blondie collection!

(plus I like a bunch of their songs but have never heard that one :D)Yeah. I can think of a bunch of Blondie hits.

Maria! Ave Maria! *DONG DONG DONG* ♫


That's because "I Touch Myself" was by The DiVinyls (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTneO6UgRuM) Albeit they can sound like Blondie.

I would have to separate them by decades...
50's - "Rockin Robin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaJP3Lp0Gg)" - Bobby Day
60's - "Happy Together (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaJP3Lp0Gg)" - The Turtles
70's - "Spirit In The Sky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaJP3Lp0Gg)" - Norman Greenbaum
80's - "Relax (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaJP3Lp0Gg)" - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
90's - "Epic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaJP3Lp0Gg)" - Faith No More
00's - "Blue (Da Ba Dee) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaJP3Lp0Gg)" - Eiffel 65

same link for every video

nice try though

[sharkythesharkdogg]

Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Proclaimers - 500 miles (I'm gonna be)
Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
Tears For Fears - Shout (although they also had Mad World...)
Drowning Pool - Let the Bodies Hit the Floor

[Balzac]

Most of these bands aren't one hit wonders.

[I Don't Need A Name]

yeah, how can you call a band like Faith No More on hit wonders!?

[Markus. D]

Electric Feel by MGMT.


I absolutely adore that song, but can't imagine any other songs of theirs will be as popular, just a once off =]!

Much like that Hey there delilah song or whatever it was, then fangirls found out he was a tool ^^~

[black orb]

>>> I know some of those..
Sandra - Maria Magdalena (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m12OA-BUvE)
Black - Wonderful Life. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxk9CgWKWq8)
XTC - King For A Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=depsFULhqV8)
Love and Money - Halleluiah Man (looks like the original vid is nowhere)

[VorpalCyberWolf]

I would have to separate them by decades...
50's - "Rockin Robin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaJP3Lp0Gg)" - Bobby Day
60's - "Happy Together (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaJP3Lp0Gg)" - The Turtles
70's - "Spirit In The Sky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaJP3Lp0Gg)" - Norman Greenbaum
80's - "Relax (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaJP3Lp0Gg)" - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
90's - "Epic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaJP3Lp0Gg)" - Faith No More
00's - "Blue (Da Ba Dee) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaJP3Lp0Gg)" - Eiffel 65

same link for every video

nice try though

Yeah well, It's the ultimate one-hit wonder but I refuse to say it without at least trying.


yeah, how can you call a band like Faith No More on hit wonders!?

Because only one of their songs was a hit on the charts... Which constitutes a 'hit.' I agree their other music is great and with such publicity as appearing in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey they should of had many more to come, but the fact remains that 'Epic' is probably the only song of theirs considered a hit.

[Bunny]

Rick Astley isn't a one hit wonder.

[Vyk]

Fair enough. Another band that perhaps could be considered a one-hit wonder could be Fastball with the song "The Way (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaJP3Lp0Gg)." But they indeed had 1 or 2 more big ones. Does anyone even click links anymore?

EDIT:


Also Canon in D Major.
Speaking of Canon... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM)

What an interesting video... I'll never look at songs the same way again

[Jowy]

<a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT_0gPrzGA0>I'm on a Mexican Radio, whoa-oh.</a>

Also Dynamite Hack's cover of Boyz In Da Hood. Yes.

[I Don't Need A Name]

yeah, how can you call a band like Faith No More on hit wonders!?

Because only one of their songs was a hit on the charts... Which constitutes a 'hit.' I agree their other music is great and with such publicity as appearing in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey they should of had many more to come, but the fact remains that 'Epic' is probably the only song of theirs considered a hit.


when every song they released from Angel Dust got in the top 30, with midlife crisis making it to 10 in the uk charts?
still wouldnt call them 1 hit wonders, but heyo

[Araciel]

Kiss From A Rose FTW

[Gwawr]

Oh god, Pachelbel's f*&%ing bl*&$y Canon.....

I'm a cellist. It's painfully dull.

[VorpalCyberWolf]

yeah, how can you call a band like Faith No More on hit wonders!?

Because only one of their songs was a hit on the charts... Which constitutes a 'hit.' I agree their other music is great and with such publicity as appearing in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey they should of had many more to come, but the fact remains that 'Epic' is probably the only song of theirs considered a hit.


when every song they released from Angel Dust got in the top 30, with midlife crisis making it to 10 in the uk charts?
still wouldnt call them 1 hit wonders, but heyo

Fair enough. I just grabbed my list from a site listing so called 1-hit wonders and I couldn't remember ever hearing a Faith No More song on the radio other than Epic. I like their music, so it's nice to be corrected in this instance.

[erikramza]

Joe Esposito. You're The Best.

[Mirage]

A-ha is totally not an one-hit-wonder in norway!

[Breine]

Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-A-Lot has got to be one of the best one hit wonders out there.

But who knows, really. There are tons of guilty pleasure-y one hit wonders out there. Way too many to choose from.

[Jings]

Turning Japanese by The Vapors.

[Boney King]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/Video_Killed_the_Radio_Star_single_cover.jpg