National One Hit Wonder Day

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matclone

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Good Girls Don't was the follow up to My Sharona and charted at 11 on the Billboard charts.
And I much prefer it.


I had forgotten that one. I guess I failed the one-hit test. I like them both.

p.s. I looked up Dancing in the Moonlight and you were right about that too: 1972. I just don't remember it playing then.
 
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A few faves from different eras:







And always the right answer to this question:


Could be wrong......but I think "The Sun Always Shines on TV" keeps a-ha from qualifying as a one hit wonder. IMO.....it's the best they put out.
 
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I had forgotten that one. I guess I failed the one-hit test. I like them both.

p.s. I looked up Dancing in the Moonlight and you were right about that too: 1972. I just don't remember it playing then.
Dancing in the Moonlight was awesome
 
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They put a cut-out 45 on the back of a cereal box of that song, when I was a kid. I think it might've been Honeycombs, but wouldn't swear to it. Played it on my close-and-play record player. It got scratched up pretty fast, though.

I had the cereal-box 45 of it, too! I was thinking it was Super Sugar Crisp (pre-"Golden Crisp" days), but maybe all pre-sweetened Post cereal brands did it.

And, like you, my copy got mangled quite quickly. Cardboard doesn't hold up well to too many listens.
 

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Props on the Wild Cherry. That was big time for ISU football warmups in the day.

---> There's our new Entrance Song! :)

But have to call foul on the Archies. Technically not a one hit wonder. I remember Bang Shang A Lang and Jingle Jangle. I ONLY remember Bang Shanga Lang because it was played on Sirius not too long ago. Possibly one of the count down shows. But I definitely remember Jingle Jangle.

I agree, Archies as one-hit is cheating a bit. "Bang.." was top 25 and "Jingle Jangle" reached 10th in U.S. (#1 in Canada). ... I included Sugar Sugar in the thread since I still think it casts a big shadow over the other hits.
 

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I had the cereal-box 45 of it, too! I was thinking it was Super Sugar Crisp (pre-"Golden Crisp" days), but maybe all pre-sweetened Post cereal brands did it.

And, like you, my copy got mangled quite quickly. Cardboard doesn't hold up well to too many listens.
That would've been my second cereal pick -- I was waffling between the two, so you could very well be right with the SUPER sugar crisp. Kind of funny how all of a sudden sugar was a bad word.
 
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That would've been my second cereal pick -- I was waffling between the two, so you could very well be right with the SUPER sugar crisp. Kind of funny how all of a sudden sugar was a bad word.
We had a sugar bowl on the table. You would pour a bowl of cereal, sprinkle a spoon full of sugar on it then add your milk.
 
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