One-hit wonders you still listen to

ixnay · June 10, 2003, 04:14

So, which artists do you still listen to that made a single hit before disappearing?

I'll just rattle off a couple here that I can think of off the top of my head:

A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
The Verve Pipe - The Freshman
Lo-Fidelity Allstars - Battleflag
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
The Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive

I'm sure you all have some more than this.

Dis · June 10, 2003, 04:33

I think the bee gees had other hits.

flock of seagulls- that's who does that song.

Rufus T. Firefly · June 10, 2003, 04:39

Breeders - Cannonball
Katrina and the Waves - Walkin' on Sunshine

and, when drunk, Bonnie Tyler - Total eclipse of the Heart

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FrustratedPoet · June 10, 2003, 04:40

The Lo-Fi's are one-hit-wonders?

Well, one-album-wonders I suppose. Many other songs on that album are comparable in quality to Battleflag IMHO.

And you know that the BeeGees weren't one-hit-wonders either.

Anyway ... no genuine ones spring to mind that I still listen to. I never buy singles so only have CDs from bands I like multiple songs from. Of course, I could always get mp3 versions of one-hit-wonders, but I'm too lazy.

Dis · June 10, 2003, 04:40

ahh yes, Bonnie Tyler. I still like that song.

BustaMike · June 10, 2003, 04:43

According to VH1, Jimi Hendrix is technically a one hit wonder.

Dis · June 10, 2003, 04:45

what! damn them, damn them all to hell

he had at least two hits. foxy lady and purple haze. And he had a third hit with his cover song all along the watchtower. Other songs like voodoo child, the wind cried mary, hey joe were minor hits.

BustaMike · June 10, 2003, 04:48

I agree, but he's still on their one hit wonder countdown. They do note how influential he was, and how he shouldn't really be there, but I guess All Along the Watchtower was the only song of his that charted at all, at least according to VH1.

BustaMike · June 10, 2003, 04:51

Speaking of crap that's on VH1's list, I guess that Faith No More is a one hit wonder according to them also. What a load of crap.

NOTE - after looking at their web site, they don't list Jimi on that countdown, but I can remember watching it and they did have a segment on him.

Rufus T. Firefly · June 10, 2003, 04:59

I think there are two kinds of one-hit wonders. One is a pop group that comes together, gets a hit, and then fades rapidly from view. That, to me, is the real definition. The other kind is a group that was never pop to begin with but that cuts a song that is popular enough to chart; then they go back to being themselves and catering to their loyal fan base. Faith No More would seem to be in the second camp, along with Devo, Psychadelic Furs, and Sinead O'Connor, among many others.

BustaMike · June 10, 2003, 05:10

Ah, I have a good one. I still listen to the Toadies.

kmad · June 10, 2003, 05:34

Blind Melon - No Rain
Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
Jimmie's Chicken Shack - Do Right
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Tonic - If You Could Only See

As far as i know these guys are 1 hit wonders

alva · June 10, 2003, 06:12

just on the radio

Chumbawumba - I get knocked down

Immortal Wombat · June 10, 2003, 06:26

Pah. Nobody's a one-hit wonder in my book, except Gina G, but I haven't heard her song for years (thank God).

Chumbawumba, the Verve and Jane's Addiction I wouldn't qualfy as one-hit wonders.

Combat Ingrid · June 10, 2003, 06:56

"Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot"

(big hit in Sweden ~20 years ago)

alva · June 10, 2003, 07:02

ONLY in Sweden I pressume

Richelieu · June 10, 2003, 07:04

Video killed the radio star - the Buggles

Chemical Ollie · June 10, 2003, 07:06

Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime
*Forgot his name* - Bad to the Bone
LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight the Moonlight

alva · June 10, 2003, 07:22

Bastos - lufty la (sp?)

Mercator · June 10, 2003, 07:40

Babylon Zoo - Spaceman

oedo · June 10, 2003, 07:45

The Knack - My Sharona
Toni Basil - Hey Mickey
It's Immaterial - Driving away from home
Lipps Inc - FunkyTown
M -Pop Muzik

Quote:

Breeders - Cannonball
Bonnie Tyler - Total eclipse of the Heart

great songs especially that one from Breeders

but they´re also no one hit wonders. Breeders derrived from the Pixies and had two Albums. Bonnie Tyler had a lot of Hits (It´s a Heartache; Lost In France; I Need A Hero etc.).

Immortal Wombat · June 10, 2003, 07:46

LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live

C0ckney · June 10, 2003, 07:56

Sinaed O'Connor - nothing compares 2 U, love that song

btw that chumbawumba song is called 'tubthumping'

oedo · June 10, 2003, 07:59

bah! how could I forget the best of them all:

Shannon - Let The Music Play

Harry Seldon · June 10, 2003, 08:16

The Vapors - Turning Japanese

Tolls · June 10, 2003, 09:08

"That, to me, is the real definition. The other kind is a group that was never pop to begin with but that cuts a song that is popular enough to chart; then they go back to being themselves and catering to their loyal fan base."

There is also the problem that some bands can be considered one hit wonders in one country, whereas in another they are nothing of the sort...Dexy's Midnight Runners is an example of this where (I think) they only had Come On Eileen as a hit in the US, but in the UK they'd already done well with their previous album, getting a number 1 with Geno for instance.

Asher · June 10, 2003, 09:13

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Originally posted by ixnay
The Verve Pipe - The Freshman
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta

I still listen to Blind Melon's No Rain.

Asher · June 10, 2003, 09:15

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Originally posted by kmad
Blind Melon - No Rain
Jimmie's Chicken Shack - Do Right
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Tonic - If You Could Only See

Again,

Bittersweet Symphony's strings part was lifted from another song, but it's still great.
I've seen Tonic live too (they were an opening act), wonder where they went to.

And another Jimmie's Chicken Shack song that rules is "High"