Your favorite One-hit wonder

[conjur]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: conjur
Take On Me - A Ha

A Ha is not a one-hit-wonder group! They've been really hot over in Europe the last few years. Be sure to check out Forever Not Yours, Lifelines, and I Wish I Cared.

In that case, I bet some of these other bands were popular outside the States, too. "We're big in Belgium" (quote from Singles)

Some of these bands listed did have other hits in the States (Flock of Seagulls and Devo were not one-hit wonders.)

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: conjur
Take On Me - A Ha

A Ha is not a one-hit-wonder group! They've been really hot over in Europe the last few years. Be sure to check out Forever Not Yours, Lifelines, and I Wish I Cared.

In that case, I bet some of these other bands were popular outside the States, too. "We're big in Belgium" (quote from Singles)

Some of these bands listed did have other hits in the States (Flock of Seagulls and Devo were not one-hit wonders.)

I agree with Devo not being a one hit wonder but not flock of seagulls.

Ausm

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: ausm

Originally posted by: conjur
Some of these bands listed did have other hits in the States (Flock of Seagulls and Devo were not one-hit wonders.)

I agree with Devo not being a one hit wonder but not flock of seagulls.

Ausm

Wishing
Space Age Love Song

Those were other songs of theirs that were rather popular (at least they made radio/MTV.)

 

[anxi80]

new radicals - you get what you give
del amitri - roll to me
snow - informer
local h - bound for the floor
semisonic - closing time
the verve - bittersweet symphony
us3 - cantaloop
rednex - cotton eye joe
the vapors - turning japanese
wham - wake me up before you go

 

[yellowperil]

Sir Mixalot - Baby Got Back

Originally posted by: KatLei
Anyone remembers White Town - Your Woman ? heh

Yep, there's a cool interview where he talks about recording that song in his bedroom with cheap equipment and a Radio Shack mic. That song is great.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: cashman

Originally posted by: Mardeth
Elvis Presley - All Shook Up

Obviously Mardeth is a one brain celled wonder

 

[GhettoFob]

The Macarena

 

[GTaudiophile]

Anyone remember Mambo #5?

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Anyone remember Mambo #5?

lou bega if my memory serves me correctly....but was it bega or vega? cant remember...

 

[KK]

I've always liked Sgt. Barry Sadler - The Ballad of the Green Berets.

KK

 

[gistech1978]

Originally posted by: anxi80

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Anyone remember Mambo #5?

lou bega if my memory serves me correctly....but was it bega or vega? cant remember...

it was lou bega, i hated that song with a white hot passion
i can feel my blood pressure rising hearing it in my head.

man....ummm

Iron Butterfly- Inna Godda Da Vida - Ultimate one hit wonder ( i hate that song though)

let me think of a better one...

Tom Cochrane - Life is a Highway
no... thats not good either....
be back to edit later

my favorite would be Midnight Oil: Beds are Burning

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: KK
I've always liked Sgt. Barry Sadler - The Ballad of the Green Berets.

KK

Especially after the events of 9/11 have brought about so much nationalism!

 

[Tetsuo]

That Rico suave song...

 

[sillymofo]

Can I add any Milli Vanilli songs?

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: edro13
Metallica - Fade to Black.... never heard anything else from that band...

They have a lot of songs. Too bad the general radio populace has crappy taste.

 

[kazamobah]

Originally posted by: mugsywwiii
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta

The rest of their album(Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone) was pretty good. It's weird how some songs never catch on.

 

[MaxDepth]

Originally posted by: SonicFlux
Men Without Hats - "Safety Dance"


and...


Devo - "Whip It"

Devo- not a one hit wonder.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: conjur
Take On Me - A Ha

A Ha is not a one-hit-wonder group! They've been really hot over in Europe the last few years. Be sure to check out Forever Not Yours, Lifelines, and I Wish I Cared.

Thanks for the titles, I'll check 'em out. From the same time period as Take On Me, they have a better song titled The Sun Always Shines on TV, that was a minor hit.

 

[MaxDepth]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Anyone remember Mambo #5?

Ei Chihuahua!

(another one of his songs. but yes, they all mostly sound the same, too.)

 

[Lucky]

chumbawumba

 

[CTrain]

Originally posted by: anxi80
new radicals - you get what you give
del amitri - roll to me
snow - informer
local h - bound for the floor
semisonic - closing time
the verve - bittersweet symphony
us3 - cantaloop
rednex - cotton eye joe
the vapors - turning japanese
wham - wake me up before you go

Wham.....one hit wonder ??
More like 5+ hits wonder.

Wake me up before you go go.
Careless Whisper.
Everything she wants
Freedom
Last Christmas.
I'm your man.
The edge of heaven

Plus these songs were top 10 in te UK.
Young guns
Bad boy
Wham rap
Club Tropicana.

 

[Judgement]

Cake - The Distance
Butthole Surfers - Pepper
Cracker - Low
Crazytown - Butterfly
Matt Nathanson - laid

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: Dragon365

Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3

Originally posted by: Tornado54
Vanilla Ice- Ice Ice Baby

Hey man... he came out with Ninja Rap too dont forget......

Go Ninja Go Ninja Go!

Who could forget a song like that?

Vanilla Ice was so bad ass when he was popular

i remember one kid in my elementary school had the CD liner which had the lyrics. everyone wanted him to photocopy it for them. it was P2P in it's infancy!

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: ClueLis

Originally posted by: hoyaguru
Soft Cell - Tainted Love. I don't remember them having more hits, but I could be wrong.

The prodigal one hit wonder

dont forget lou bega

 

[bockchow]

radar love - golden earing
rico suave - rico suave