Greatest 1-hit wonder band/song ever?

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  • SpeSHul_SnoflEHk
    SpeSHul_SnoflEHk Posts: 6,256 Member
    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.

    :huh:
  • harvo
    harvo Posts: 4,676 Member
    EMF- Unbelievable
    Right Said Fred- I'm too sexy
    Digital Underground- Humpty Dance
    There are more but those are my favorites lol

    Ok, I was a fan of Digital underground but surely they were not a one hit wonder....anyone weigh in?
  • Musikelektronik
    Musikelektronik Posts: 739 Member
    Dammit. All my favorites are on that list.

    How about
    Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffanys.
    The Verve Pipe - Freshmen.

    The Verve Pipe also had "Bittersweet Symphony," so I don't think they're a one-hit wonder.

    Incorrect. The Verve did "Bittersweet Symphony". The Verve Pipe did "Freshman" Separate groups. However, the Verve Pipe ddi have other songs that got radio play: "Photograph" comes to mind.

    I stand corrected! So add The Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony" to the list! :laugh:
  • FatHuMan1
    FatHuMan1 Posts: 1,028 Member
    Tarzan Boy by Baltimora


    Candidate for WORST one hit wonder!
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
    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.

    :huh:

    it's true.
  • AcidWords21
    AcidWords21 Posts: 139 Member
    One I think of is Ditty by Paperboy.
  • sherrirb
    sherrirb Posts: 1,649 Member
    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:

    QFT! Wow..... I know most of the words to nearly every song on that list.... !
  • sherrirb
    sherrirb Posts: 1,649 Member
    I'm also going to say "The Bad Touch" by Bloodhound Gang.

    YES!!! LOVE that one!
  • samammay
    samammay Posts: 468
    Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest
  • stumblinthrulife
    stumblinthrulife Posts: 2,558 Member
    i open with Modern English and "I Melt With You".

    can anyone top that?

    Also takes the crown for "Most cheerful sounding song about a nuclear apocalypse"
  • jmc0806
    jmc0806 Posts: 1,444 Member
    Skee-lo - I Wish
  • 1brokegal44
    1brokegal44 Posts: 562 Member
    Living Colour-Cult of Personality (which I'm listening to right now)
  • baldzach
    baldzach Posts: 1,841 Member
    The Turtles Happy together.

    Shut up I'm old.:grumble:

    They're not a one-hit wonder, though. Heard of "Elenore" or their cover of the Dylan tune "It Ain't Me Babe"?
  • baldzach
    baldzach Posts: 1,841 Member
    How about

    "That Thing You Do" by the Oh-Neeeed-ers!
  • DrewMontoya
    DrewMontoya Posts: 77 Member
    Dammit. All my favorites are on that list.

    How about
    Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffanys.
    The Verve Pipe - Freshmen.

    The Verve Pipe also had "Bittersweet Symphony," so I don't think they're a one-hit wonder.

    Incorrect. The Verve did "Bittersweet Symphony". The Verve Pipe did "Freshman" Separate groups. However, the Verve Pipe ddi have other songs that got radio play: "Photograph" comes to mind.

    I stand corrected! So add The Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony" to the list! :laugh:

    The things you miss when you step out for a few hours! I honestly didn't know The Verve Pipe had other singles. I guess I should've Wiki'd it.

    I'll add Deee-Lite - Groove is in the Heart. They sold far more albums than the usual one-hit-wonder, but technically, they still count.
  • walleyclan1
    walleyclan1 Posts: 2,784 Member
    The Darkness I believe in a thing called love....I hate to love it
  • TMLPatrick
    TMLPatrick Posts: 558 Member
    "Come on Eileen" Dexy's Midnight Runners

    Their first album was awesome.... definitely worth listening to. The 2nd (with Come on Eileen on it) was ok, too...

    My choice is Blind Melon - No Rain (another one where the band was way better than 1 hit)...
  • skcardiog
    skcardiog Posts: 316 Member
    Shannon - Henry Gross

    I wanna be a Cowboy - Boys Don t Cry

    Pilot of the Airwaves - Charlie Dore
  • DrewMontoya
    DrewMontoya Posts: 77 Member
    The Darkness I believe in a thing called love....I hate to love it

    I love it too and apologize for none of it!
  • daybehavior
    daybehavior Posts: 1,319 Member
    Friday - Rebecca Black
    Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepson
    I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
    Your Woman - White Town
    Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
  • Blondiegrl11
    Blondiegrl11 Posts: 458 Member
    Falco- rock me Amadeus
  • kimlynn919
    kimlynn919 Posts: 316 Member
    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.


    i thought this was about one hit wonders??
  • lukasmac
    lukasmac Posts: 216 Member
    'New Age Girl' - Dead Eye ****
  • ereck44
    ereck44 Posts: 1,170 Member
    "I ran" from Flock of Seagulls
  • soldiergrl_101
    soldiergrl_101 Posts: 2,205 Member
    Chumbawumba - I get knocked down

    Placebo - Every me and every you
  • MizSookeh
    MizSookeh Posts: 106 Member
    Elastica - "Connection"

    http://youtu.be/gY2s4hJ8kuA

    Off topic - Gary <3

    That is all.
  • ereck44
    ereck44 Posts: 1,170 Member
    "It always seems like someone is watching you" by Rockwell. Michael Jackson did back up.
  • RustlingJimmiesbrahh
    RustlingJimmiesbrahh Posts: 4
    haha
  • anemoneprose
    anemoneprose Posts: 1,805 Member
    idk about *greatest*, but i thought the demics' new york city was good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwfkpW63Nj8

    i also, lately, have had debbie gibson's 'only in my dreams' running riot in my inner ear (though i think she had 2-3 hits, but just the one album, maybe that can count? though yes unsure if great. would defend 'catchy'.)

    martha and the muffins - echo beach
  • itsjustdawn
    itsjustdawn Posts: 1,073 Member
    Europe...The Final Countdown

    Europe had "Carrie" though ;-)

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