One Hit Wonders: List your favorites

[Agent Proto]

There's been plenty of One Hit Wonders from the past to present. A lot of these One Hit Wonders have only one big hit out of all their songs. Some will be remembered for a long time, others will probably won't be remembered. However, their one hit will probably be always remembered, whether or not the artist is popular or not.

Anyway, if you want to find the "complete" list of One Hit Wonders, a list can be found in wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-hit_wonders_in_the_United_States

Anyway, if you want to, list your favorite(s) from each decade.

I'll start.

1950's
None, really.

1960's
The Surfaris - Wipeout

1970's
Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight

1980's
Tommy Tutone - 867-5309/Jenny
The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star

1990's
Sir Mix-a-lot - Baby Got Back
Aqua - Barbie Girl
Meredith Brooks - Bitch
Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's
Quad City DJ - C'mon And Ride It (The Train)
Semisonic - Closing Time
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
OMC - How Bizarre
Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me
Tom Cochrane - Life Is A Highway
Los Del Rio - Macarena
Lou Bega - Mambo Number 5
Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
Chumbawumba - Tubthumping
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
4 Non Blondes - What's Up?
Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot

2000's
Nine Days - Absolutely (Story Of A Girl)
Afroman - Because I Got High
Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Di)
Dirty Vegas - Days Go By
Trapt - Headstrong
Finger Eleven - One Thing
Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom

Of course, the "One Hit Wonders" of 2000's may have other hits before the decade is over, so who knows about them. xD

Anyway, list your favorites from that site. =)

[MoonsEcho]

Wheee. :spin:

1950s
None, really =P

1960s
"Angel of the Morning" by Merrilee Rush
"Incense and Peppermints" by Strawberry Alarm Clock
"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" by Steam
"Ode to Billy Joe" by Bobbie Gentry

1970s
"Play that Funky Music" by Wild Cherry
"Rapper's Delight" by Sugarhill Gang
"Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward
"The Entertainer" by Marvin Hamlisch

1980s
"867-5309/Jenny" by Tommy Tutone
"Chariots of Fire" by Vangelis
"Cum On Feel The Noize" by Quiet Riot
"Heart and Soul" by T'Pau (They had several hits in the UK)
"Lady in Red" by Chris De Burgh
"Mickey" by Toni Basil
"Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco
"She's Like The Wind (from Dirty Dancing)" by actor Patrick Swayze :love:
"Tainted Love" by Soft Cell (cover version originally by Gloria Jones)
"Turning Japanese" by The Vapors :exdee:
"Take My Breath Away" by Berlin
"Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles, first song played on MTV

1990s
"All Cried Out" by Allure
"Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot
"Barbie Girl" by Aqua
"Bitch" by Meredith Brooks
"Bittersweet Symphony" by The Verve
"Blue Monday" by Orgy
"Breakfast At Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something
"Butterfly Kisses" by Bob Carlisle
"Closing Time" by Semisonic
"Flood" by Jars of Clay
"Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice
"I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred
"If You Could Only See" by Tonic
"Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum
"Sex And Candy" by Marcy Playground
"She's So High" by Tal Bachman
"Silence" by Delerium
"Slam" by Onyx
"The Freshmen" by Verve Pipe

2000s
"Absolutely (Story of a Girl) by Nine Days
"Because I Got High" by Afroman :love:
"Broken" by Seether
"Castles In The Sky" by Ian Van Dahl
"Crazy for This Girl" by Evan & Jaron
"Days Go By" by Dirty Vegas
"Feels So Good" by Sonique
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"I Can Only Imagine" by Mercy Me
"I Do" by Toya
"I Think God Can Explain" by Splender
"I Wanna Be Bad" by Willa Ford
"Stacy's Mom" by Fountains of Wayne
"Suga Suga" by Baby Bash



Of course, the "One Hit Wonders" of 2000's may have other hits before the decade is over, so who knows about them. xD

Hope so, at least for some of them.

[Jebus]

1950's - none really.

1960's
"Classical Gas" by Mason Williams
"They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-ha!" by Napoleon XIV (Weird. I love it.)

1970's
"Afternoon Delight" by Starland Vocal Band (C'mon! Anchorman!)
"Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas
"Play that Funky Music" by Wild Cherry
"The Entertainer" by Marvin Hamlisch

1980's
"867-5309/Jenny" by Tommy Tutone
"Cum On Feel The Noize" by Quiet Riot
"Der Kommissar" by After the Fire (English cover version of a German hit by Falco) (It. Won't. Get. Out. Of. My. Head.)
"Don't Worry Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin

1990's
"Bittersweet Symphony" by The Verve (I LOVE this song)
"Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" by Crash Test Dummies (I don't know why, but I like it.)

2000's
meh.

[krissy]

1950s

"Volare" by Domenico Modugno

1960s
Classical Gas" by Mason Williams
Wipe Out" by The Surfaris

1970s
Rapper's Delight" by Sugarhill Gang

1980s
"99 Luftballons" by Nena,
"Turning Japanese" by The Vapors
"Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles,
We Are the World" by USA for Africa

1990s
"6 Underground" by Sneaker Pimps
"Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot
Bittersweet Symphony" by The Verve
Brimful of Asha" by Cornershop
"Closing Time" by Semisonic
"Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" by Baz Luhrmann
"Flagpole Sitta" by Harvey Danger
"Jump" by Kris Kross
"Missing" (remix) by Everything But The Girl
"Sex And Candy" by Marcy Playground
"The Impression That I Get" by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
"Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai
"You Get What You Give" by New Radicals

2000s

... amazin. nothin fromthe 2000's. maybe the frou frou. but other than that...


Anyway...MEMORIES!

[Rye]

Stacy's Mom, for sure.

[boris no no]

jamiroquai and the verve one hit wonders?????
what about deeper under ground?
and sonnet???
pah!!!
barbie girl (aqua) was a classic!
and i'm too sexy (right said fred) :love:

[GhandiOwnsYou]

man, you qoute the Sugarhill Gang as a one hit wonder? *shakes head* Same with Orgy, Jars of Clay, and Dirty Vegas. Jars of Clay especially has put out tons of hits, you just probably didn't know who did them. Dirty Vegas on the other hand, just put out another one (thought the title escapes me, i've seen it about fifty times on MTV already) a bit ago.

[Agent Proto]

They're not all really one hit wonders, but most of them do only have one big hit in the Top 40 the US only. It's only according to the folks who did that one article on One Hit Wonders.

[Mittopotahis]

Who Let the dogs out? by the Baha Men

[fire_of_avalon]

I don't like this list, it's stupid. Most of these people have had several hits, just not top forty hits. But I'll play along.

1950's
-- Earth Angel by The Penguins (HAVEN'T YOU PEOPLE SEEN BACK TO THE FUTURE >:O)
-- Rockin' Robin by Bobby Day

1960's
-- Blue Moon by The Marcels
-- Classical Gas by Mason Williams
-- Ding Dong the Witch is Dead by The Fifth Estate
-- Do You Love Me by The Contours
-- San Francisco (Be sure to wear flowers in your hair) by Scott McKenzie
-- Tiptoe Through the Tulips by Tiny Tim
-- Wipeout by The Surfaris

1970's
-- "Afternoon Delight" by Starland Vocal Band
-- "The Hustle" by Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony
-- "In the Summertime" by Mungo Jerry (hah Mungojerri and Rumpleteaser, if you've seen Cats you know what I mean xD)
-- "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas
-- "Love Is In the Air" by John Paul Young
-- "More, More, More" - Andrea True Connection
-- "Play that Funky Music" by Wild Cherry
-- "Rapper's Delight" by Sugarhill Gang
-- "Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward
-- "Turn The Beat Around" by Vicki Sue Robinson

1980's (Now it gets big)
-- "867-5309/Jenny" by Tommy Tutone
-- "99 Luftballons" by Nena,
-- "Cars" by Gary Numan
-- "Come On Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners
-- "Cum On Feel The Noize" by Quiet Riot
-- "Der Kommissar" by After the Fire
-- "Don't Worry Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin
-- "Funkytown" by Lipps Inc
--"Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" by Elmo and Patsy
-- "It's Raining Men" by the Weather Girls
-- "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" by Georgia Satellites
-- "Mickey" by Toni Basil
-- "Pump Up the Volume" by M/A/R/R/S
-- "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco (quite possibly the COOLEST song ever)
-- "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell
-- "Turning Japanese" by The Vapors
-- "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin

1990's
--"6 Underground" by Sneaker Pimps
--"Achy, Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus (bite me)
--"All For You" by Sister Hazel (If this band is a one hit wonder, I'll eat my hat)
--"All Cried Out" by Allure
--"Are You Jimmy Ray?" by Jimmy Ray
--"Baby, I Love Your Way" by Big Mountain
--"Better Days (And The Bottom Drops Out)" by Citizen King
--"Bitch" by Meredith Brooks
I'm not even putting orgy on here because they had several hits on MTV alone.
--"Breakfast At Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something
--"Butterfly Kisses" by Bob Carlisle
--"C'mon And Ride It (The Train)" by Quad City DJ's
--"Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)" by Us3 (awesome awesome song)
--"Charm Attack" by Leona Naess (I honestly didn't know anyone but me knew this song. Yay!)
--"Closer To Free" by BoDeans
I like other stuff by Semisonic, but NOT Closing time, ugh.
--"Don't Say You Love Me" by M2M (This song was TOTALLY on the Pokemon the Movie soundtrack. *runs*)
--"Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" by Baz Luhrmann
--"Far Behind" by Candlebox
--"Flagpole Sitta" by Harvey Danger
--"I'll Be There For You (Theme From "Friends")" by The Rembrandts
Ok, I can name at least FIVE songs by Tonic that are mainstream, and that I hear on the radio at least once a month.
--"Legend Of A Cowgirl" by Imani Coppola (Another awesome song)
--"Life Is A Highway" by Tom Cochrane
--"Missing" (remix) by Everything But The Girl
--"Naked Eye" by Luscious Jackson
--"Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum
--"Save Tonight" by Eagle-Eye Cherry
--"The Freshmen" by Verve Pipe
--"The Impression That I Get" by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
--"The Mummers' Dance" by Loreena McKennitt
--"Your Woman" by White Town (Maybe the weirdest song ever)
--"Zoot Suit Riot" by Cherry Poppin' Daddies

2000's
--"Amazing" by Josh Kelley
--"Castles In The Sky" by Ian Van Dahl
--"Days Go By" by Dirty Vegas (but only the acoustic version.)
--"Gotta Get Thru This" by Daniel Bedingfield WRONG, he had a secnd hit, don't remember what it was called.
--"Hanging by a Moment" by Lifehouse WRONG, had three hits. Hanging by a moment, Sick Cycle Carosel and Spin
--"Headstrong" by Trapt WRONG, current hits include Headstrong, Still Frame and one I don't know the name of, but I hear once a DAY on my drive.
--"Ladies" by Sarai
--"Look at Us" by Sarina Paris
--"One More Time" by Daft Punk WRONG, total BS. They had a hit in the nineties with a song called All Around the World or summat. There were dancing mummies in the video. Also, they had several other songs with the same theme as one more time released in subsequent years.
--"One Thing" by Finger Eleven WRONG, just... I.... *explodes*
--"Stacy's Mom" by Fountains of Wayne (xD)
--"United States of Whatever" by Liam Lynch
--"Vindicated" by Dashboard Confessional I actually hate this song, but what about Screaming Infidelities? Saints and Sailors? Again, this is mislabelled.

I think Proto is trying to kill me.

[Agent Proto]

I'm not, xD

It's Wikipedia's fault.

[Jack]

Daniel Bedingfield
What? He's had lots of hits. He in fact had another song that got a higher chart postion then that song and hit Number one. I hate the man personally, but I can't believe he's in there... Posibily cause all opthers sound like another artist perhaps, I don't know.

OTHER ONE HIT WONDERS THAT I THINK HAVEN'T BEEN MENTIONED

1990's
All Saints: Pure Shores (The only decent thing by these gals)
Adamski: Killer
Babylon Zoo- Spaceman
Beats International: Dub Be Good To Me
Bob The Builder: Can We Fix it? (No)
Cornershop: Brimful Of Asha
KLF: 3 AM
Maria MeKee: Show Me Heaven
New Found Radicals (I think): You Only Get What You Give
Sinead O'Conner- Nothing Compares 2 U (She cries!)

2000's
O-Zone: Dragostea di Tei (This Song is like so cool. And rubbish)
Frankee: F.U.R.B (*shudders since this song was played*)
The 411: Dumb (Dumb dicki dumb dumb. I liked this one)
Eric Prdez: Call On Me (This one made me want to kill myself)
Room 5: Make Luv

[Giga Guess]

Ugh....too many to mention....

[Pure Strife]

Flagpole Sitta <3

[Silmaril]

I like "Informer" by Snow and "Are you Jimmy Ray" by Jimmy Ray.