What is your favourite One Hit Wonder?
Posted by: GoBears
22nd Sep 2009 11:48pm
A one-hit wonder is a person or act known mainly for only a single success. So they may have recorded several songs but only one song is what everyone remembers them by.
Here's A Few Examples: -
Boston - More Than Feeling
U.K. Squeeze - Cool For Cats
Asia - Heat Of The Moment
Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
The Vapors - Turning Japanese
Benny Mardones - Into The Night
Tommy Tutone - 8675309 (Jenny)
Lipps, Inc - Funky town
Terry Gibbs - Somebody's Knockin'
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares To U
Anyway, I always turn up the radio when they play Asia's Heat Of The Moment. So what's your favourite One Hit Wonder/s?
Here's A Few Examples: -
Boston - More Than Feeling
U.K. Squeeze - Cool For Cats
Asia - Heat Of The Moment
Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
The Vapors - Turning Japanese
Benny Mardones - Into The Night
Tommy Tutone - 8675309 (Jenny)
Lipps, Inc - Funky town
Terry Gibbs - Somebody's Knockin'
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares To U
Anyway, I always turn up the radio when they play Asia's Heat Of The Moment. So what's your favourite One Hit Wonder/s?
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Lukas6191
My Sharona
anagy
Cupid Shuffle by Cupid Feat. DJ Unk...classic song re-started the hiphop/r&b dance move song craze
kimmit
I'm an R&B fan so I'd say En Vogue's "Don't Let Go".
Anonymous
Absolutely My Sharona. My most favourite song!
feefee
Come on Eileen definitely but Cows with Guns, how funny is that song.
Anonymous
Roll to me by Del Amitri, Woderfully uplifting melody.
Anonymous
Roll to me by Del Amitri, Woderfully uplifting melody.
Anonymous
Roll to me by Del Amitri, Woderfully uplifting melody.
wonder2009
But sometimes it's a 'one hit wonder' in Australia, however, in other countries artists that we thought only had one hit actually keep selling overseas. Take Sinead O'Connor for example, she has recorded 9 studio albums and has sold over 14 million copies..that's quite a lot of sales. She also released 34 singles, most of which have been in the top 20. She seems to be quite popular in New Zealand as each of her albums from 1987 to 2000 all reached their top 40 charts.
I'm not a fan of hers, but just highlighting that 'one hit wonders' usually have had more than the one hit!
Anonymous
It would have to be My Sharona think thats what it's called I have heard it heaps, carn't remember who sang it though maybe someone else does lets see.
ozziedigger
Some of them are classics----what did happen to them? Some i remember are
Year of the Cat---Al Stewart
Money-----Flying Lizards
Dancing in the City-------Marshall Hain
Echo Beach------Martha and the Cakes???
Romeo------ Mr Big ( love it)
cheers
wonder2009
It's Martha and the Muffins.
Anonymous
Its only 10 years old or so but... Boomkat - The Wreckoning.
kimc
Here are some of mine!
Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry, Be Happy
Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom
Tricia
A-HAs Take On Me. Just love it...
spog777
Radar Love was a beauty for sure but i loved Venus with Shocking Blue along with their shocking video clip lol
Anonymous
"Hole in my Shoe" by Neil {The Young Ones} Just love it.
The Man
The Buggles - Video killed the radio star
spotwelder
The Buggles featured Trevor Horn who was a member of The Art Of Noise.
murf
Dexy's Midnight Runners "Come on Eileen" was huge back in the day and I have to say I still can't help singing along when I hear it today. Very catchy!!
jock
Come on Eileen great song back in my day my daughter rates it a favourite and it was a hit before she was born!
lovie
I cannot forget "Boom Boom Lets Back to My Room" bye Lekakis
manx
RADAR LOVE - Golden Earring. Still a fantastic driving song!
Anonymous
Radar love what a great song great band Golden Earing I have the original Album and all songs on it are great.
queenie
how about sweet pea was it tommy row or robbie snowden
queenie
how about sweet pea was it tommy row or robbie snowden
Nefertari
Hi queenie - 'Sweet Pea' was sung by Tommy Roe.....but he was definitely not a one hit wonder...I liked all of his songs
John
Actually, I have two that come to mind immediately. "Cows with guns" always makes me laugh and cheers me up. "Don't worry, be happy" is just great to listen to.
spotwelder
Haysi Fantayzee also had another quirky song titled John Wayne Is Big Leggy:-)
Brijewina
This song was by the amazing Haysi Fantayzee called Shiny Shiny, do you have any idea how expensive their Battle songs for children albujm is, not to mention how rare also, possibly because of this song alone but who knows!?!
I found myself tracking down the Totally Krossed Out album by Kriss Kross a couple of weeks ago, luckily found cheap on eBay for a couple of dollars. Remember their song Jump, absolute classic!! .....Kriss Kross'll make ya jump, jump,ah ha ah ha!! Brilliant stuff!!!
mum
Hi what about Edward Bear - no joke- Keep The Light On
jatz50
What About Me? Moving Pictures. Shame, they brought out a really memorable song and then couldn't do better on it.
One, one hit number I just can't get ouf of my head and it drives me insane...........No idea who sings it but it goes......Shiney, shiney, na na na, shiney, shiney. OMGGGGG, now it's got me singing the one line again.
pjohnw
For me , i can't go past Golden Earrings '70's classic Radar Love . Another that sticks in my mind is the disco era's Life At The Outpost by The Skatt Brothers
manx
TOP POINTS! RAdar Love is awesome.
Mhairi
You forgot the most played One hit wonder. My Sharona - that is a great song!!!!
Anonymous
I didn't scroll Yeh It's the Knack and it was a great song.
chrissyGirl
haha i love this one hit wonder! =)
suziq
Yes My Sharona is a oldy but a goody we went around australia 2 yrs ago and played that a lot great memories.
Evie
hahaha only if you play 'Turning Japanese' by the Vapors, after it ^_^
GoBears
Yep, The Knack's My Sharona is a ripper! :) Wrote the list above in the spur of the moment, easy to miss a couple and still many, many more classic one hit wonders especially in the golden eras of the 70's and 80's. Cheers!