One-Hit Wonders

[Angie]

What's your favorite one-hit wonder song, from any era? Feel free to provide links, if desired.

I have some of their other albums, but I really enjoy The Toadies' "Possum Kingdom": The Toadies - Possum Kingdom - YouTube

Holy crap, I'd never seen Mungo Jerry's facial hair: Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime ORIGINAL 1970 - YouTube

Pronounced with an "umpty": Digital Undergound "Humpty Dance" - YouTube

 

[Cyclonin]

That Thing You Do- Wonders aka Oneders.

Greatest ever.

 

[CLONECONES]

The Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love

 

[Mr Janny]

Does it get any better than Biz Markie and Divinlys?


...actually yes, it get's much, much better than that, but I'm still going with them for the purposes of this thread.

 

[fatkid1974]

What's your favorite one-hit wonder song, from any era? Feel free to provide links, if desired.

I have some of their other albums, but I really enjoy The Toadies' "Possum Kingdom": The Toadies - Possum Kingdom - YouTube

Holy crap, I'd never seen Mungo Jerry's facial hair: Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime ORIGINAL 1970 - YouTube

Pronounced with an "umpty": Digital Undergound "Humpty Dance" - YouTube

Digital Underground were not one hit wonders, duwatchyalike & freaks of the industry were bad *** songs also.

 

[fatkid1974]

That Thing You Do- Wonders aka Oneders.

Greatest ever.

It was written to be the greatest one hit wonder ever, of course it is.

 

[Angie]

The Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love

Love that song, especially when he gets all screechy.

Digital Underground were not one hit wonders, duwatchyalike & freaks of the industry were bad *** songs also.

Oh, they definitely had other good songs, but I don't know that they were "hits"?

 

[Mr Janny]

Digital Underground were not one hit wonders, duwatchyalike & freaks of the industry were bad *** songs also.

Good songs? Maybe. Hits? Not technically. Neither of them charted in either the US or Britain. That's usually the standard by which "one hit wonders" are judged.

 

[CLONECONES]

extremely crappy song song but for some reason I love it...

"Too Shy" - Kajagoogooo

 

[MeanDean]

[video=youtube;qDEmmLDyHZc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDEmmLDyHZc[/video]

 

[acoustimac]

DOA by Bloodrock. 1970. Perhaps one of the strangest songs ever because of the topic. It's my fav because my band actually played it at a high school prom as a joke. We loved it...not sure the crowd did. Lol

 

[IcSyU]

You'll sayyyyyyy.....we got nothin' in common....

 

[WooBadger18]

Come On Eileen
dexys midnight runners come on eileen - YouTube

 

[Bret44]

[video=youtube;C2cMG33mWVY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2cMG33mWVY[/video]

 

[brianhos]

Best one hit wonder of all time and it is not even close:


http://youtu.be/F6TFW1F6oY0

 

[Mr Janny]

Best one hit wonder of all time and it is not even close:


Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum - YouTube

yeah, that one is tough to argue with.

 

[CLONECONES]

Best one hit wonder of all time and it is not even close:


Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum - YouTube

the top comment "Spirit in the Sky: A Christian rock song written by a Jew that has a riff so addictive an atheist can't stop listening to it."

hilarity

 

[Angie]

Best one hit wonder of all time and it is not even close:


Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum - YouTube

Mr. Greenbaum was on my original list!

 

[fatkid1974]

One bad, one good.

Toni Basil Show Mickey - YouTube

Harvey Danger- Flagpole sitta - YouTube

 

[CY88CE11]

I'll just leave this here.

Chumbawamba - Tubthumping - YouTube