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All-Time Fave One-Hit-Wonder
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Everyone had to be educated that it was not about urinating…it was about getting drunk, which can lead to urinating.
Blur isn't a 1 hit wonder, they are very popular in the U.K. and still tour. They just released a new album this year also and that song The Narcissist has been getting heavy airplay all year in the states also.
As someone who does On That Note with him I can vouch for his amazing music knowledge. He's a music knowledge Yoda.
And @cyclones500 is too. Those 2 make me realize I know very little about music.
Sausalito Summernight by Diesel
Beat goes on/Switchin’ to glide by The King’s
Beat goes on/Switchin’ to glide by The King’s
When posting this one the video version is mandatory.
Ex wife's name wasn't Stacy, but it fit the lyric.
She really did not find the humor when I'd sing it with her name.
Does Donnie Iris count as a one-hitter?
They had at least 3 songs from My Own Prison, Human Clay, and Weathered on rock radio around that time so I don't know how you can call them a 1 hit wonder. I saw them live twice also and they were really good.
They are up there with Theory of a Deadman for being the worst band of all time.
I can't remember my neighbor's name 30 seconds after I'm introduced... But weird pop music trivia lives in my brain forever.
Scott may be DB but they are not a One Hit Wonder. 90's Nickelback, sure, but not a One Hit Wonder.
These guys always come to mind for me when I think One Hit Wonder.
Ok, so I can never let this type of thread go without posting the full top 40 catalog of artists mentioned who are definitely not one-hit wonders (defined as having had at least one OTHER top 40 hit in the United States). Artists who primarily charted songs in other genres (R&B, country, etc) should be considered, but with a grain of salt as fans of those other genres would likely recognize many other popular singles.
The Outfield. Most people only remember Your Love, which was a #6 Hot 100 hit in 1986. They actually reached the top 40 multiple times, but never the top ten again. Other top 40 singles were: All the Love in the World, #19, 1986; Since You've Been Gone, #31, 1987; Voices of Babylon, #25, 1989; For You, #21, 1990.
Falco. Everybody (who is old enough) remembers Rock Me Amadeus, which was #1 for three weeks in the U.S. in 1985. But many forget the follow-up single, Vienna Calling peaked at #18.
Vanilla Ice. Ice Ice Baby was ubiquitous in 1990, becoming the first rap song to reach #1 on the Hot 100. Oddly, for as massive as the song was, it only stayed at #1 for a single week, being bumped from the top by Mariah Carey's Love Takes Time. The follow-up (which was actually Vanilla Ice's FIRST single release, but didn't go anywhere until AFTER Ice Ice Baby caught fire), a cover of Play That Funky Music, went to #4 on the Hot 100.
Men Without Hats. The Safety Dance was released in Canada in 1982, but didn't catch on in the U.S. until 1983. It climbed to #3 on the Hot 100 and seemed certainly to be the group's only top 40 hit in the States. That was until 1987 when Pop Goes the World found its way to #20 on the Hot 100, rescuing them from one-hit wonder status.
Donnie Iris. I loved Ah! Leah! as a kid whenever I heard it on the radio. It seemed like it was on a LOT. It managed to reach #29 on the Hot 100 in late 1980, but it was not his only top 40 hit. Love Is Like a Rock went to #37 in 1981 and My Girl went to #25 in 1982.
The Outfield. Most people only remember Your Love, which was a #6 Hot 100 hit in 1986. They actually reached the top 40 multiple times, but never the top ten again. Other top 40 singles were: All the Love in the World, #19, 1986; Since You've Been Gone, #31, 1987; Voices of Babylon, #25, 1989; For You, #21, 1990.
Falco. Everybody (who is old enough) remembers Rock Me Amadeus, which was #1 for three weeks in the U.S. in 1985. But many forget the follow-up single, Vienna Calling peaked at #18.
Vanilla Ice. Ice Ice Baby was ubiquitous in 1990, becoming the first rap song to reach #1 on the Hot 100. Oddly, for as massive as the song was, it only stayed at #1 for a single week, being bumped from the top by Mariah Carey's Love Takes Time. The follow-up (which was actually Vanilla Ice's FIRST single release, but didn't go anywhere until AFTER Ice Ice Baby caught fire), a cover of Play That Funky Music, went to #4 on the Hot 100.
Men Without Hats. The Safety Dance was released in Canada in 1982, but didn't catch on in the U.S. until 1983. It climbed to #3 on the Hot 100 and seemed certainly to be the group's only top 40 hit in the States. That was until 1987 when Pop Goes the World found its way to #20 on the Hot 100, rescuing them from one-hit wonder status.
Donnie Iris. I loved Ah! Leah! as a kid whenever I heard it on the radio. It seemed like it was on a LOT. It managed to reach #29 on the Hot 100 in late 1980, but it was not his only top 40 hit. Love Is Like a Rock went to #37 in 1981 and My Girl went to #25 in 1982.
Silverchair's frontman was like 15 when that hit. They had some random 'Year 2000' song that basically aligned with the graduates of that year but it was surprising they didn't get much else going chart-wise.
To the 50 people that have pointed out Blur isn’t a one hit wonder, I am profoundly sorry. I only ever really got into Song 2 but did know they were big overseas. They should not be a one hit wonder overall, just in my experience.
