View Full Version : One Hit Wonders
Schooby
09-26-2009, 03:28 PM
Could be a repost but i cannot find the thread. *Granted, I didn't search for very long :P *
List some of your favorites...
Spirit In the Sky - Norman Greenbaum (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG8K4kYTpG0) :dance14:
MsGal
09-26-2009, 03:33 PM
Funkytown
Whip It
RugratsGalore
09-26-2009, 03:34 PM
Funkytown
Whip It
Love both songs :whee: I <3 the 80's!
Schooby
09-26-2009, 03:39 PM
Life is a highway - Tom Cochrane (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rb84l7LB9s)
SLickCate
09-26-2009, 03:46 PM
Yesterday was National One Hit Wonder Day, heard a bunch of them on the radio!
Sonofabeech
09-26-2009, 03:47 PM
Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-nHNR_dVsw)
How many times did Chris Brown hit Rihanna?
Schooby
09-26-2009, 03:49 PM
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Nicki French (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddwcMB_QFik)
iconian
09-26-2009, 03:49 PM
macarena (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NZjHKfbbiQ) went live when I was in HS, that was some funky stuff
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Nicki French (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddwcMB_QFik)
since its a copy of bonnie tyler???
Schooby
09-26-2009, 03:52 PM
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTIJYe4kUuw)
Barry Mann - Who Put The Bomp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIP9Dwzdt3g&feature=PlayList&p=1FB0F39B92630AE3&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=13) :lol:
Sonofabeech
09-26-2009, 03:54 PM
Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Yx0X-eHn8&feature=related)
Sonofabeech
09-26-2009, 03:57 PM
T'Pau - Heart And Soul (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwrYMWoqg5w)
caveat depascor
09-26-2009, 03:59 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4LlztpjXtI
Schooby
09-26-2009, 04:00 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4LlztpjXtI
:doh: I should know by now to not click your links. :lol: ya goober. :rofl2:
I'm surprised this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI) hasn't been posted yet.
caveat depascor
09-26-2009, 04:02 PM
:doh: I should know by now to not click your links. :lol: ya goober. :rofl2:
They are far from one-hit wonders, but I know you like them so....
Schooby
09-26-2009, 04:04 PM
They are far from one-hit wonders, but I know you like them so....
Well...they are a wonder, that's for sure. :rolleyes:
:harhar:
Sonofabeech
09-26-2009, 04:05 PM
Bertie Higgins - Key Largo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru2tsT32pHA)
Schooby
09-26-2009, 04:11 PM
Mountain-Mississippi Queen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPkqfP9f9R0&feature=related)
Schooby
09-26-2009, 04:14 PM
All Right Now - Free (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htuxb-m4-ng) :rock:
Justawannabe
09-26-2009, 04:22 PM
Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-nHNR_dVsw)
I just love this song.,..when I come back I want to be her!!
Sonofabeech
09-26-2009, 04:23 PM
Faith No More - Epic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AMS3XNK9CU)
Schooby
09-26-2009, 04:26 PM
Faith No More - Epic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AMS3XNK9CU)
:clap: Great song!!!! :rock:
Mr Big Stuff- Jean Knight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S46OE902tM)
Sonofabeech
09-26-2009, 04:27 PM
Living Colour - Cult Of Personality (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ5SVDYBNrY)
WoodyWoodPecker
09-26-2009, 04:27 PM
Tony Basil Hey Mickeyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4CyNvEfWoE
jahaty
09-26-2009, 04:30 PM
The Safaris - Wipe Out
Schooby
09-26-2009, 04:32 PM
Daddy Dewdrops-Chick-a-Boom (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT8--CfCJXk)
Justawannabe
09-26-2009, 04:34 PM
"Take Your Time (Do It Right) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biNXTssHPxg)
Into the Night (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bpOBAwrFVw)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB-OWd5RInsTogether (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB-OWd5RIns#) (was OUR song I still have the 45 I still get chills when I hear the tinkly beginning)
There are tons more...
eanaH
09-26-2009, 04:34 PM
Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28KobNbbI2s)
Iaaaiws
09-26-2009, 04:35 PM
Come On Eileen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc-P8oDuS0Q)
Sonofabeech
09-26-2009, 04:38 PM
Nena - 99 Luftballons (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTFxAjORKOg)
Sonofabeech
09-26-2009, 04:41 PM
Katrina And The Waves - Walking On Sunshine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUmE-tne5U)
iconian
09-26-2009, 04:44 PM
Nena - 99 Luftballons (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTFxAjORKOg)
that song sounds shitty in english!
Iaaaiws
09-26-2009, 04:47 PM
The Song I Refer To As The Rollerskating Song :dance13: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldyx3KHOFXw)
Sonofabeech
09-26-2009, 04:47 PM
that song sounds shitty in english! :secret: That's why I posted the Deutsch version.
Sheriff - When I'm With You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ls7cH3elBc)
I don't know if you can classify "Whip It" as a One-hit Wonder because Devo had several hits in the 80's.
Schooby
09-26-2009, 04:50 PM
One Tin Soldier - Coven (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDu6HYWdxkQ&feature=fvw)
that song sounds shitty in english!
It's not supposed to be in English. I think it's Danish or something for 99 red balloons.
Schooby
09-26-2009, 04:53 PM
Hold Your Head Up - Argent (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBnSWJHawQQ)
Sonofabeech
09-26-2009, 04:55 PM
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjNmRwKiy88&feature=related)
Gawd I love this song! The echtes Deutsch version is so kewl!
Schooby
09-26-2009, 04:55 PM
Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDbON8udTPo) :P
Schooby
09-26-2009, 04:59 PM
Brownsville Station Smokin in the boys room (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLmGCkK7Vps&feature=related)
Sonofabeech
09-26-2009, 05:00 PM
After The Fire - Der Kommisar (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Guvo7gUdUnE)
This video is so sad.......that tarantula must have died years ago. :crying:
Schooby
09-26-2009, 05:03 PM
Play That Funky Music- Wild Cherry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qnoh3h6JD8)
Radioactive - The Firm (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdEmBe24Xa4)
Iaaaiws
09-26-2009, 05:09 PM
Radioactive - The Firm (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdEmBe24Xa4)
Ooh, good one :rock:
Iaaaiws
09-26-2009, 05:11 PM
Okay, far from a one-hit wonder but I just came across this one searching and I think I like it more today than I did back then:
Jackson Browne--Running on Empty (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bww2prhAWEA&feature=PlayList&p=51696DBD61695D02&index=11)
WoodyWoodPecker
09-26-2009, 05:15 PM
Blues Image / Ride Captain Ride http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBnBNZO3VSc
Schooby
09-26-2009, 05:17 PM
Ooh, good one :rock:
When I had thyroid cancer I played this a lot. :P
Funny..I see one of the comments on that page says their wife did the same.
Blues Image / Ride Captain Ride http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBnBNZO3VSc
Good song! :dance13:
WoodyWoodPecker
09-26-2009, 05:21 PM
Edison Lighthouse / Love Grows http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr6H1a7YUac
Sonofabeech
09-26-2009, 05:21 PM
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4QRm786nLE)
Was Not Was - Walk The Dinosaur (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyef-BItce8)
Schooby
09-26-2009, 05:24 PM
Edison Lighthouse / Love Grows http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBnBNZO3VSc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr6H1a7YUac
FTFY...you still had the other song in your link. :peace:
WoodyWoodPecker
09-26-2009, 05:25 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr6H1a7YUac
FTFY...you still had the other song in your link. :peace:
Thanks , I must be tired ! :lol: Blue Swede / Hooked On A Feeling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBnBNZO3VSc
Sonofabeech
09-26-2009, 05:26 PM
Spandau Ballet - True (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYb83KM4at4)
CryingJaye
09-26-2009, 05:26 PM
Oh, I want to play too!!! Here is mine:
Martika - Toy Soldiers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpJy46o_7b0)
Schooby
09-26-2009, 05:28 PM
Thanks , I must be tired ! :lol: Blue Swede / Hooked On A Feeling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBnBNZO3VSc
:hug: Totally understandable...but I know that sometimes one gets stuck on the clipboard.
Schooby
09-26-2009, 05:31 PM
Earth Angel - The Penguins (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jznZQXaSYPo)
WoodyWoodPecker
09-26-2009, 05:32 PM
Brewer & Shipley / One Toke Over The Line http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuS-9hx2JYQ&feature=PlayList&p=85BEE4821756149F&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=94
Schooby
09-26-2009, 05:33 PM
Iron Butterfly - In a Gadda Da Vida (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBbv2v0xOlA&feature=PlayList&p=317B3B7BE1334C29&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=31)
ikonoklast
09-26-2009, 05:35 PM
Blind Melon - No Rain (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYlAwvz8uwc)
And this one. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI)
Justawannabe
09-26-2009, 05:38 PM
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjNmRwKiy88&feature=related)
Gawd I love this song! The echtes Deutsch version is so kewl!
I found your video!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHZR9SA5pOg) Are you the one on the right????
Sonofabeech
09-26-2009, 05:38 PM
Total Coelo - I Eat Cannibals (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4O1A-mmBWw)
WoodyWoodPecker
09-26-2009, 05:38 PM
Buffalo Springfield / For What Its Worth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g9PiEgYYUU
Schooby
09-26-2009, 05:41 PM
L.A. Guns - The Ballad Of Jayne (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zE-PrvCZs4)
Sonofabeech
09-26-2009, 05:41 PM
Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EebObs-vC0)
(he didn't have any hits after this, just some releases)
Iaaaiws
09-26-2009, 05:56 PM
Perhaps the biggest one-hit wonder of all:
Lee1--Is 20 pound for the weight like 30 pounds if a guy lifts? (http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=9240&t=65497)
/thread
Sonofabeech
09-26-2009, 06:36 PM
Madness - Our House (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p4RWBCEFRo)
Sonofabeech
09-26-2009, 06:48 PM
Tommy Tutone - 867-5309 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axLRUszuu9I)
Kajagoogoo - Too Shy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P6I4pT_tVA)
(that's a lot of goo!)
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyl5DlrsU90)
Animotion - Obsession (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5Lec3m1pLY)
manicmyk
09-26-2009, 06:52 PM
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:KbdeW44pQba5cM:http://www.justmyshow.com/images/mcneeley_rerun.jpg
Hurricane Peter McNeeley
Sonofabeech
09-26-2009, 07:06 PM
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcOZ6xFxJqg)
Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCiVXigrjjQ)
Robbie Nevil - C'est La Vie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDQRZlDOAYQ)
Love And Rockets - So Alive (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFObRusJt24)
Stacey Q - Two Of Hearts (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aINmJ5ieM6Y)
Sonofabeech
09-26-2009, 07:30 PM
Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love (http://slickdeals.net/?sdtid=1578457&u2=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnC1Xzm5uKM) [youtube.com (http://slickdeals.net/?sdtid=1578457&u2=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnC1Xzm5uKM)]
Til Tuesday - Voices Carry (http://slickdeals.net/?sdtid=1578457&u2=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz4pTMN3abw) [youtube.com (http://slickdeals.net/?sdtid=1578457&u2=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz4pTMN3abw)]
Pretty Poison - Catch Me I'm Falling (http://slickdeals.net/?sdtid=1578457&u2=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omx7u0ZWUAY) [youtube.com (http://slickdeals.net/?sdtid=1578457&u2=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omx7u0ZWUAY)]
Clarence Clemons and Jackson Browne - You're A Friend Of Mine (http://slickdeals.net/?sdtid=1578457&u2=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knVbfhmME1g) [youtube.com (http://slickdeals.net/?sdtid=1578457&u2=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knVbfhmME1g)]
(With Daryl Hannah in the video - One of Jackson Browne's favourite hits!)
Taco - Puttin' on the Ritz (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG3PnQ3tgzY&NR=1)
Sonofabeech
09-26-2009, 07:43 PM
Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdpllAHo0ng)
Sonofabeech
09-26-2009, 07:49 PM
Will To Power - Baby I Love Your Way (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38Y6-C-tKe8)
manicmyk
09-26-2009, 08:13 PM
RICK DEES Disco Duck (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc5d01_riBo&feature=related)
ForeverDcember
09-26-2009, 08:18 PM
Would this one count?
Ah-Ha "Take On Me" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnrCSc85Qdc&feature=video_response)
Toni Basil "Mickey" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4CyNvEfWoE)
ForeverDcember
09-26-2009, 08:24 PM
Carl Douglas "Kung Fu Fighting" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhUkGIsKvn0)
The Buggles "Video Killed The Radio Star" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwuy4hHO3YQ)
Sonofabeech
09-27-2009, 09:37 AM
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu1RP34FLXU)
Sonofabeech
09-27-2009, 10:09 AM
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - What I Am (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPs7-5feq-M)
Jonbo298
09-27-2009, 02:37 PM
6 pages and no mention of Baby Got Back?! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF9QI18-Bpo)
Relyt
09-27-2009, 02:52 PM
This one's easy - pretty recent too -
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (http://slickdeals.net/?sdtid=1578457&u2=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe500eIK1oA)
ForeverDcember
09-27-2009, 04:09 PM
SOB? :dontknow:
:teehee:
Sonofabeech
09-27-2009, 07:11 PM
Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10BbpGKLXqk)
Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp9852hq0W0)
Alannah Myles - Black Velvet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UTRMP1Uk1k)
Swing Out Sister - Breakout (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q99GdBdX4u4)
Over 80 posts and no Tainted Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cCI_XDQWb0) or I'm Too Sexy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vziUC1IT0wo)?
Sonofabeech
09-27-2009, 07:31 PM
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0qNGYxUwmU)
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Dance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qufEM2lsWVo&feature=related)
Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9xY_cPenSs)
Pretty Poison - Catch Me (I'm Falling) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB2LoomydUQ)
Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hands To Yourself (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Ur45vTtw0)
Ugly Kid Joe - Everything About You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDfIOr1ByIc)
Sonofabeech
09-27-2009, 07:54 PM
Timbuk 3 - The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qrriKcwvlY)
John Waite - Missing You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LFXLE8R5mg)
Quarterflash - Harden My Heart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1_E6pHa3hc)
The Vapors - Turning Japanese (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEmJ-VWPDM4)
iconian
09-27-2009, 08:35 PM
afternoon delight :licklips: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A81fwLNklSM)
Sonofabeech
09-27-2009, 10:59 PM
Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRHLkLFJxaw)
Boys Don't Cry - I Wanna Be A Cowboy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s05jcrJw0as)
Escape Club - Wild Wild West (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQkyYC3si3c&feature=related)
Hipsway - The Honey Thief (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RDzum6jeW4)
What's the definition of a One Hit Wonder anyway? Isn't "Stairway to Heaven" technically a one hit wonder when it comes to the charts?
What's the definition of a One Hit Wonder anyway? Isn't "Stairway to Heaven" technically a one hit wonder when it comes to the charts?
An artist that had one hit song and was never heard from again.
Like Lou Bega's "Mambo #5".
An artist that had one hit song and was never heard from again.
Like Lou Bega's "Mambo #5".
So are the Greatful Dead or Phish or Jimmy Buffet one hit wonders?
TigerStar
09-28-2009, 06:48 AM
So are the Greatful Dead or Phish or Jimmy Buffet one hit wonders?
They were heard from after their chart toppers, just not with additional #1 hits. All were/are very prolific artists.
They were heard from after their chart toppers, just not with additional #1 hits. All were/are very prolific artists.
With what songs?
New Radicals - You Get What You Give (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91WgM6dNLTE)
R1Budha
09-28-2009, 09:39 AM
sob stop posting from the VH1 list.....
Ram|bunc|tious
11-16-2010, 08:05 PM
The Ballad of Gilligan's Island by George Wyle and Sherwood Shwartz
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Aboard this tiny ship.
The mate was a mighty sailing man,
The skipper brave and sure.
Five passengers set sail that day
For a three hour tour, a three hour tour.
The weather started getting rough,
The tiny ship was tossed,
If not for the courage of the fearless crew
The minnow would be lost, the minnow would be lost.
The ship set ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle
With Gilligan
The Skipper too,
The millionaire and his wife,
The movie star
The professor and Mary Ann,
Here on Gilligans Isle.
So this is the talel of the castways,
They're here for a long, long time,
They'll have to make the best of things,
It's an uphill climb.
The first mate and the Skipper too,
Will do their very best,
To make the others comfortable,
In the tropic island nest.
No phone, no lights no motor cars,
Not a single luxury,
Like Robinson Crusoe,
As primative as can be.
So join us here each week my freinds,
You're sure to get a smile,
From seven stranded castways,
Here on "Gilligan's Isle."