one hit wonders

[markem]

Okay, we all know that we've bought albums/CDs/downloads based on a single song, but was that song a "one hit wonder" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-hit_wonder)?

So, what one hit wonders do you harbor in your, otherwise stellar, collection?

[bobarian]

My top 5.

Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax
Modern English-I Melt with You
C.W. McCall-Convoy
Nena Hagen-99 Luft Balloons
? and the Mysterians-96 Tears

[BlackDog]

Kim Carnes - Betty Davis Eyes.

[JaKaacH]

The Wonders -- That Thing You Do.











:D

[mahtofire]

Downfall by Trust Company, even though it should never have been a hit.....

[RGD.]

"Just More" by the girl group "Wonderwall". Who? Exactly. Reached number 2 on the charts.

http://g.virbcdn.com/i/resize_575x575/Image-132129-1103885-WonderWall001.jpg



Ron

[kelmac07]

Who could forget Dexters Midnight Runners...Come On Eileen!!!!

[yourchoice]

Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm - Crash Test Dummies

[AD720]

The Wonders -- That Thing You Do.













:D

As in I wonder what ever happened to the Oneders. :)

[MajorCaptSilly]

"Black Betty" Ram Jam
"Turn Up (The Radio)" Autograph
"867-5309 (Jenny)" Tommy Tutone



MCS

[BlackDog]

Oh I forgot, I've got Tarzan Boy on my MP3 player. Big hit from 1986. Without Googling it, can anyone name the band?

[GHC_Hambone]

Oh I forgot, I've got Tarzan Boy on my MP3 player. Big hit from 1986. Without Googling it, can anyone name the band?

Baltimora. What do I win? :p

[kelmac07]

As in I wonder what ever happened to the Oneders. :)

:r :r :r

[nozero]

Russ Ballard "Voices"
Cory Heart "Sunglasses at Night"
Aldo Nova "Fantasy"
Gary Numan "Cars"
Billly Thorpe "Children of the Sun"
Ozark Mountain Daredevils "Jackie Blue"

[Starscream]

Russ Ballard "Voices"
Cory Heart "Sunglasses at Night"
Aldo Nova "Fantasy"
Gary Numan "Cars"
Billly Thorpe "Children of the Sun"
Ozark Mountain Daredevils "Jackie Blue"

Cory Hart has lots of hits with the Brewers.:)

[yourchoice]

How about a local Philly boy:

Robert Hazard (RIP) and the Heros- Escalator of Life

My brother picked up one of his later CDs (or iTunes...not sure) and it was very good. Kind of Petty/CSN/Dylan - esque. Very different from his early stuff.

[BlackDog]

Baltimora. What do I win? :p
My warmest personal regards. :D

Nicely done. How on Earth did you know that?

[pnoon]

Who could forget Dexters Midnight Runners...Come On Eileen!!!!

Tom could. ;)

[SaltyMcGee]

Three Words: Ice Ice Baby

[RichardW]

Mungo Jerry -- In the Summertime

[chippewastud79]

Three Words: Ice Ice Baby

:tpd: Best song ever created. :tu

[GHC_Hambone]

My warmest personal regards. :D

Nicely done. How on Earth did you know that?

Uhh...I'm ashamed to admit it, but I own the album. Found it at a thrift store for .50 lol

[icehog3]

Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Louis XIV - Finding Out True Love is Blind
Ides of March - Vehicle

[Don Fernando]

Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax


Frankie had a bunch of hits (at least in Europe). Two Tribes, Welcome to the pleasuredome, the power of love.

Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue

same goes for Eddy Grant. I don't wanna dance & gimme hope Jo'anna were huge here too

What about The Knack - My Sherona?

[icehog3]

same goes for Eddy Grant. I don't wanna dance & gimme hope Jo'anna were huge here too?

Not in the U.S., Ferdinand. :)

What about The Knack - My Sherona?

"Good Girls Don't". ;)

[Coach Deg]

Three Words: Ice Ice Baby



He was in concert after a Rays game a few weeks ago and all I could think was how could I have bought this cassette when I was younger!?!?!?!?!?

[Coach Deg]

Frankie had a bunch of hits (at least in Europe). Two Tribes, Welcome to the pleasuredome, the power of love.





Also, SuperNova and Do you know the way to San Jose !!!

In Tampa that whole album was huge. Call Frankie a One Album wonder.

[Niterider56]

Green Onions---Booker T & the MG's
When A Man Loves a Women---Percy Sledge

Yeah I know I'm showing my age.

[Don Fernando]

Not in the U.S., Ferdinand. :)


then the US missed out on two great songs ;)


"Good Girls Don't". ;)

and that didn't do anything on the Dutch charts

[shilala]

Rico Suave - Gerardo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeX9zoWSut8) :r

[M1903A1]

Men Without Hats - Safety Dance


Didn't they have a subsequent hit with "Pop Goes The World"?

[icehog3]

Didn't they have a subsequent hit with "Pop Goes The World"?

Never heard of that one, Scott....but I ain't that hip. :)

[bobarian]

Frankie had a bunch of hits (at least in Europe). Two Tribes, Welcome to the pleasuredome, the power of love.



same goes for Eddy Grant. I don't wanna dance & gimme hope Jo'anna were huge here too

What about The Knack - My Sherona?

Where is this place you call Europe???? Do they have electricity there? :r:r;s

[The Poet]

I can't believe I'm the first to mention:

Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum

[jonharky]

Your Woman by White Town

[The Poet]

Believe it or not, my internet radio is presently playing another one:

The Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers

[The Poet]

OK, how about:

Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen

[pnoon]

OK, how about:

Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen

Fail. ;)

Lost In The Ozone Again
Down To Seeds And Stems Again Blues.

[markem]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIZOeF3HPoo

[14holestogie]

Ariel - Dean Friedman
I Fought the Law-Bobby Fuller Four

I'll have to dig around. I know I've got a bunch of albums from my record club days with many more.

[longknocker]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIZOeF3HPoo

:banger:tu

[icehog3]

"Dancing in the Moonlight" - King Harvest
"Green Eyed Lady" - Sugarloaf
"Brandy" - Looking Glass

[M1903A1]

Believe it or not, my internet radio is presently playing another one:

The Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers

The eleven minute album version is the best.

[icehog3]

Scott made me realize I have heard "Pop Goes The World" by Men Without Hats before.

Man, that song sucks. :r :r

[M1903A1]

"Drivers Seat" -- Sniff 'N' The Tears
"Hot Summer Night" -- Night

[M1903A1]

Man, that song sucks. :r :r

It's fun, in an annoying way.

I can think of FAR worse....

[icehog3]

It's fun, in an annoying way.

I can think of FAR worse....

I can think of at least two worse.... :r :r

[M1903A1]

I can think of at least two worse.... :r :r

ONLY two??????? :r

[icehog3]

ONLY two??????? :r

C'mon Eileen and Don't Stop Believin' ;) :r

[montecristo#2]

Back in the day I was definitely into Mark Morrison Return of the Mack.

I probably have it somewhere as well.

[gvarsity]

Soft Cell — "Tainted Love"
Dexys Midnight Runners – "Come On Eileen" (I actually liked the whole album)
a-ha — "Take On Me" (One of the great early videos)
"The Safety Dance" — Men Without Hats
"Video Killed the Radio Star" — The Buggles

Wow this list takes me back to junior high. The era when I bough Bruce Willis' album the Return of Bruno on cassette and vinyl. Yikes...

[Don Fernando]

Where is this place you call Europe???? Do they have electricity there? :r:r;s

that place Europe is probably where your ancestors came from Bob ;) And it were European scientists that 'invented' electricity, not Benjamin Franklin. So yeah, we have electricity and we can afford it, not like California ;)

[Don Fernando]

a-ha — "Take On Me" (One of the great early videos)


Hunting high and low & The sun always shines on tv were hits too, also in the US according to wiki .


Wow this list takes me back to junior high. The era when I bough Bruce Willis' album the Return of Bruno on cassette and vinyl. Yikes...

I had that tape too :r

[shilala]

Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Hot Child in the City - Nick Gilder
I Touch Myself - The DiVinyls
How Bizarre - OMC

Those are all good ones. :tu

[massphatness]

Was Not Was - Walk the Dinosaur
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[icehog3]

Cars - Gary Numan
Never Say Never - Romeo Void

[shilala]

Bust a Move - Young MC.
Now that's a fun song. :D

[M1903A1]

Holiday --The Other Ones

[Blindjimme]

Turning Japanese - The Vapors

[MajorCaptSilly]

Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Hot Child in the City - Nick Gilder
I Touch Myself - The DiVinyls
How Bizarre - OMC

Those are all good ones. :tu

I do a Frank Sinatra version of "I Touch Myself" when I do karaoke. There is never a dry eye in the house.

MCS

[BlackDog]

Cyndy Lauper - "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"

[Eleven]

"Drivers Seat" -- Sniff 'N' The Tears
"Hot Summer Night" -- Night

Same era as Drivers Seat, one of the first 45's I ever bought was 'Shakedown Cruise' by Jay Ferguson.


(Just looked this up and he did Thunder Island too! So maybe he doesn't really qualify as a one-hit-wonder!)

[MajorCaptSilly]

Same era as Drivers Seat, one of the first 45's I ever bought was 'Shakedown Cruise' by Jay Ferguson.


(Just looked this up and he did Thunder Island too! So maybe he doesn't really qualify as a one-hit-wonder!)

I had the album with "Shakedown Cruise". It was awful!

MCS

[Eleven]

I had the album with "Shakedown Cruise". It was awful!

MCS

The B-side of Shakedown Cruise was pretty bad as I remember. I owned very few 45's back then that had good B-sides :)

The B-side of Soul Man by the Blues Brothers was 'Rubber Biscuit'. It was probably the best B-side of all my 45s!

[srduggins]

One of Us - Joan Osborne
Counting Blue Cars - Dishwalla
No Rain - Blind Melon

[M1903A1]

I do a Frank Sinatra version of "I Touch Myself" when I do karaoke. There is never a dry eye in the house.

MCS

Years ago (maybe on Dr. Demento?) I heard a Sinatra-esque version of "Whole Lotta Love". It was hilarious.

[nozero]

Cory Hart has lots of hits with the Brewers.:)


My bad, thanks.

[Don Fernando]

Cyndy Lauper - "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"

true colors never made the charts in the US? It was a big hit on this side of the pond.

[jmsremax]

I don't know if anyone has said this yet (too lazy to check)

Mambo #5 by Lou Bega :r

[jmsremax]

One of Us - Joan Osborne
Counting Blue Cars - Dishwalla
No Rain - Blind Melon

No Rain is so good :tu

[icehog3]

true colors never made the charts in the US? It was a big hit on this side of the pond.

True Colors was a hit in the US, as was Time After Time.

[BlackDog]

true colors never made the charts in the US? It was a big hit on this side of the pond.

True Colors was a hit in the US, as was Time After Time.

Oh darn, you're right. Good catch. ;s

[icehog3]

Radar Gun - The Bottle Rockets

[The Poet]

Maybe I missed it, but I haven't seen above:

Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (AKA Kingdom Come, AAKA Galactic Zoo)

[BlackDog]

Michael Penn - No Myth.

[icehog3]

Flock of Seagulls - I Ran

[bobarian]

For Ferd, Radar Love-Golden Earring. :banger

[icehog3]

For Ferd, Radar Love-Golden Earring. :banger

They had a hit with "Twilight Zone" years later, Bob. ;)

[bobarian]

They had a hit with "Twilight Zone" years later, Bob. ;)

Forgot about that one, kind of describes my state of mind during those years. :r

[Don Fernando]

For Ferd, Radar Love-Golden Earring. :banger

and they had a bunch of hits here. Why? I don't know. And Barry Hay (the singer) is a prick.

[Don Fernando]

ok, while we are on Dutch bands, how about Focus - Hocus Pocus ? Or Venus by Shocking Blue? George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag (or was 'una paloma blanca' a hit too in the US?).

[SaltyMcGee]

I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred. Nuff said.

[Don Fernando]

Emilia - Big big world. God, I hate that song

[M1903A1]

(or was 'una paloma blanca' a hit too in the US?).

It was (unfortunately)...but I don't think it was by the George Baker Selection.

[M1903A1]

"Eres Tu" - Mocedades (1974)

[icehog3]

Tubular Bells - Mike Olfield

Seasons in the Son - Terry Jacks

Lovin' You - Minnie Ripperton

[bonjing]

Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love

Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down (one of my favorites)

[bobarian]

Rock On-David Essex
Precious and Few-Climax
You'll Never Walk Alone-Gerry and the Pacemakers(for Peter)
Afternoon Delight-Starlight Vocal Band
Play that Funky Music-Wild Cherry

[Don Fernando]

It was (unfortunately)...but I don't think it was by the George Baker Selection.

The original was, he wrote the song. Can't think of anybody sane who would cover that song.

[Hot Stuff x]

Ozark Mountain Daredevils "Jackie Blue"


Ozark Mtn. Daredevils were a two hit wonder....they went to #25 on the charts in 1973 with "If you wanna get to heaven (you've got to raise a little hell) :)

[icehog3]

Jam On It - Newcleus

[bobarian]

Black Betty-Ram Jam

[Beagleone]

Just a quick scan from one of my hard drives gave me these one hit wonders:

Alannah Miles _ Black Velvet
Soul II Soul – Back to Life
Charlie Sexton – Beat So Lonely
Neneh Cherry – Buffalo Stance
The Crystal Method – Busy Child
K7 – Come Baby Come
Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
Army of Lovers – Crucified
Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over
Sonique – Feels So Good
Robert Miles – Children
Lara Fabian – I Will Love Again
Talk Talk – It’s My Life
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch – Good Vibrations
Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Love Missle F1-11
E.G. Daily – Mind over Matter
Capt Hollywood – More & More
When in Rome – The Promise
MARRS – Pump Up The Volume
Taco – Putting on the Ritz
Safri Duo – Played A-Live
Real Life – Send me an Angel
Deep Forest – Sweet Lullaby
General Public – Tenderness
Nicki French – Total Eclipse of the Heart
Tatu – All the things she wants

I am sure I have many more that I could list, but there are too many from my DJ days to list.

[Don Fernando]

Neneh Cherry – Buffalo Stance

In Europe she had a hitsingle with Youssou N'Dour, 7 seconds

edit: I see that only reached number 98 in the US, but I saw that Kisses in the wind reached number 8 in the US


Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over


wow, I can't believe that songs like Chocolate Cake, Weather with you, Four season in one day and Fall at your feet never reached the US charts.

[M1903A1]

"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" - Mac and Katie Kissoon (early 70s)

:td:rolleyes::D

[shark]

Belly-Feed the Tree

[M1903A1]

San Francisco Girls (Return Of The Native) - Fever Tree :tu
Back When My Hair Was Short - Gunhill Road :rolleyes:

[BigAsh]

Belly-Feed the Tree

hahaha....great tune....in its day.....Was going thru some cd's (remember them?) last year and came upon the Belly disc....had to listen to it to remember why I bought it....

[icehog3]

Raspberries - Go All The Way

[M1903A1]

Raspberries - Go All The Way

Didn't they have a couple of other hits? "Only Wanna Be With You" and "Overnight Sensation" come to mind.

[M1903A1]

"Thunder and Lightning" - Chi Coltrane

"Morning Girl" - Neon Philharmonic

"Hot Smoke And Sassafras" - The Bubble Puppy

(For the longest time I thought the last one was by Crosby Stills & Nash!)

[icehog3]

Didn't they have a couple of other hits? "Only Wanna Be With You" and "Overnight Sensation" come to mind.

I suck. :td

[M1903A1]

I suck. :td

Well, if they were gonna have only one hit, "Go All The Way" was the one!

[kelmac07]

I Wanna Kiss You All Over - Exile

[M1903A1]

Night - Hot Summer Night