Greatest 1-hit wonder band/song ever?

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  • SheilaG1963
    SheilaG1963 Posts: 298 Member
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    One Tin Soldier by Coven
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
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    Eye of the Tiger - by Survivor
  • Cindyinpg
    Cindyinpg Posts: 3,902 Member
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    I think it topped out in the charts at number 7 or so, but my favourite song ever is Hysteria- Def Leppard.
    Edit...wait, wait, actually... Bohemian Rhapsody is the best song ever!!! I'm still on my first coffee and not thinking clearly.

    Drink more coffee, you're still missing the point. :flowerforyou:

    Topic: Greatest 1-hit wonder band/song ever?
    Haha, I read it backwards...:laugh: . I was wondering why all those crappy (for the most part) 80's songs were being listed.
  • DrewMontoya
    DrewMontoya Posts: 77 Member
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    From a search...

    20 "Tainted Love" Soft Cell
    19 "Mambo No.5" Lou Bega
    18 "Venus" Shocking Blue
    17 "Achy Breaky Heart" Billy Ray Cyrus
    16 "Mickey" Toni Basil
    15 "I'll Be Gone" Spectrum
    14 "Tubthumping" Chumbawamba
    13 "Counting the Beat" The Swingers
    12 "Slice of Heaven" Dave Dobbyn & The Herbs
    11 "Rockin' Robin" Bobby Day
    10 "Pass the Dutchie" Musical Youth
    9 "Don't Worry, Be Happy" Bobby McFerrin
    8 "99 Luftballons" Nena
    7 "Spirit in the Sky" Norman Greenbaum
    6 "Come on Eileen" Dexys Midnight Runners
    5 "Funkytown" Lipps Inc
    4 "Turning Japanese" The Vapors
    3 "Video Killed the Radio Star" The Buggles
    2 "Born to Be Alive" Patrick Hernandez
    1 "My Sharona" The Knack

    Dammit. All my favorites are on that list.

    How about
    Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffanys.
    The Verve Pipe - Freshmen.
  • jamiem1102
    jamiem1102 Posts: 1,196 Member
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    "Calculus" - 2Gether

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEKWZk16N_w
  • Crusader_82
    Crusader_82 Posts: 22
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    From a search...

    20 "Tainted Love" Soft Cell
    19 "Mambo No.5" Lou Bega
    18 "Venus" Shocking Blue
    17 "Achy Breaky Heart" Billy Ray Cyrus
    16 "Mickey" Toni Basil
    15 "I'll Be Gone" Spectrum
    14 "Tubthumping" Chumbawamba
    13 "Counting the Beat" The Swingers
    12 "Slice of Heaven" Dave Dobbyn & The Herbs
    11 "Rockin' Robin" Bobby Day
    10 "Pass the Dutchie" Musical Youth
    9 "Don't Worry, Be Happy" Bobby McFerrin
    8 "99 Luftballons" Nena
    7 "Spirit in the Sky" Norman Greenbaum
    6 "Come on Eileen" Dexys Midnight Runners
    5 "Funkytown" Lipps Inc
    4 "Turning Japanese" The Vapors
    3 "Video Killed the Radio Star" The Buggles
    2 "Born to Be Alive" Patrick Hernandez
    1 "My Sharona" The Knack

    i've never even heard 25% of those songs.

    You just made me feel really old…:grumble:
  • action_figure
    action_figure Posts: 511 Member
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    The Knack's My Sharona and Soft Cell's Tainted Love are definitely on my workout playlist.
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
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    I'm not fan of Duran Duran but think Save a Prayer is a beautiful song.
  • links_slayer
    links_slayer Posts: 1,151 Member
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    jimi hendrix
  • CaliforniaAtHeart
    CaliforniaAtHeart Posts: 23 Member
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    A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
  • DavidMartinez2
    DavidMartinez2 Posts: 840 Member
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    Golden Earing. They were so great at being a 1-hit wonder they did it twice.
  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
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    You should have just called this thread "'80's Earworms" :grumble:
  • LauraMacNCheese
    LauraMacNCheese Posts: 7,198 Member
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    From a search...

    20 "Tainted Love" Soft Cell
    19 "Mambo No.5" Lou Bega
    18 "Venus" Shocking Blue
    17 "Achy Breaky Heart" Billy Ray Cyrus
    16 "Mickey" Toni Basil
    15 "I'll Be Gone" Spectrum
    14 "Tubthumping" Chumbawamba
    13 "Counting the Beat" The Swingers
    12 "Slice of Heaven" Dave Dobbyn & The Herbs
    11 "Rockin' Robin" Bobby Day
    10 "Pass the Dutchie" Musical Youth
    9 "Don't Worry, Be Happy" Bobby McFerrin
    8 "99 Luftballons" Nena
    7 "Spirit in the Sky" Norman Greenbaum
    6 "Come on Eileen" Dexys Midnight Runners
    5 "Funkytown" Lipps Inc
    4 "Turning Japanese" The Vapors
    3 "Video Killed the Radio Star" The Buggles
    2 "Born to Be Alive" Patrick Hernandez
    1 "My Sharona" The Knack

    Dammit Cliffy...now I'm going to be mumbling Tubthumping to myself for the rest of the day :grumble:

    I get knocked down...but I get up again...argh...
  • RockinTerri
    RockinTerri Posts: 499 Member
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    Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry, Be Happy

    I can't not be happy listening to that song! :glasses:

    Oh - and for different reasons - 18 and Life by Skid Row.
  • Jipples
    Jipples Posts: 663 Member
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    Take On Me -Aha

    horrible song
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
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    I'm also going to say "The Bad Touch" by Bloodhound Gang.
  • 1_Slick_Chick
    1_Slick_Chick Posts: 199 Member
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    i open with Modern English and "I Melt With You".

    can anyone top that?


    ^^^THIS was so my reply too!!! :love:
  • FatHuMan1
    FatHuMan1 Posts: 1,028 Member
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    I'm not fan of Duran Duran but think Save a Prayer is a beautiful song.


    I'm not a fan of Duran Duran either but they definitely had more than one hit
  • anaconda469
    anaconda469 Posts: 3,464 Member
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    When MTV first premiered, the very first music aired was this: "Video Killed the Radio Star" The Buggles .
  • CassandraBurgos83
    CassandraBurgos83 Posts: 544 Member
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    She Blinded me with Science!--->Thomas Dolby

    Gotta love my 80's!

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