One-hit Wonders!

[Archae]

I'm watching a show on VH1 right now showing "one-hit wonders," and they've shown the groups that did "Pass The Dutchie," (remember that stupid song?) "Pop Muzik" by M, "Hot Hot Hot" by Buster Poindexter, and right now they are showing Suzi Quatro.

[cssmall]

1. Come on Eileen! Der Kommisaar!

[Archae]

3. Too shy!

Gawd, that hair... :crazy:

[HEyHEY]

2. the beatles!

[Arugula Latte]

7. Yeah, they had that hit "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and then nobody

ever heard from them again ...

[Whoa_Nelly]

4. Maurice and the Cliches

Soft Core

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

5. The Little Black Egg by The Nightcrawlers

Interesting how one song about finding a black egg in a tree and becoming the envy of the neighborhood became a hit in the mid-60's. Hey, everyone was high then.

[Archae]

6. Iron Butterfly

In A Gadda Da Vita :rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. Ah, you laugh... but

"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," in addition to likely being the most-often-misspelled album/song title of all time, sold 8 million copies in its first year of release (1968) and 30 million to date. It was in the Top 10 for a year and a half and the Top 100 for nearly three years. For its time, it was monstrously huge.

[sendero]

35. Just goes to show..

.... that what sells isn't necessarily good :)

I'm a fan of music of that era, and even that genre, but that song really bites :)

[Oeditpus Rex]

38. Not in its time, it didn't

[sendero]

42. Even though I was 14....

... I smelled the cheese.

Music taste is 100% subjective and I understand that there is no objective criteria by which a song can be judged.

But there is a reason that this song is the poster child for "psychedelic" histrionics of the level of a 10 minute drum solo.

[Oeditpus Rex]

49. Way more than a drum solo

That bass hook will stay in your head a long time, and I don't think anybody had heard "elephant guitar" before that. Me, I really loved the keyboard.

Plus, it was one of the first times acid rock got mass airplay.

But you're right about subjectivity. Only reason "Frampton Comes Alive" was such a monster hit is not many people had heard a talkbox before it, even though they were around years earlier. And there's nothing musically redeeming about a talkbox solo.

[Arugula Latte]

8. M-m-my Sharona

Get the Knack ...

[stlsaxman]

9. Nina

99 Red Balloons

[Archae]

10. A-Ha

Take On Me

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

20. A-Ha were not One Hit Wonders .

Maybe in the States - but they are still alive and kicking in Europe . They had a great album in 2000 .

[Left Is Write]

24. Yes. This particular countdown is based on U.S. pop chart hits.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

28. Ok but still ...

I know your point but the US Market is the begin and end of all musical careers .

[Left Is Write]

34. I know, but US chart hits are the ones VH-1 audiences are most familiar

with. The show is aimed at a US audience. A show aimed at a European audience would be quite different.

[TheMightyFavog]

11. Vanilla Ice Coming up.

What's more sad than a white guy trying to rap?

































































I can't think of anything either.

[Left Is Write]

25. I can't stand Vanilla Ice

or his lame attempts to explain how he didn't sample from "Under Pressure."

[kittykatkoffeekup]

12. Life is a Highway

Tom Cochrane

[TheMightyFavog]

13. Baha Men?

Who let the dogs out?

[Maestro]

30. They've actually done quite a bit with Disney.

But not on the Pop charts and that is probably a good thing.

[CanuckAmok]

48. Dear Tom Cochrane:

Life is not a highway, dickhead.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

14. Here in my car.. I feel safest of all.. I can lock all the doors..

It's the only way to live! In cars!

[Archae]

16. #1 One-Hit Wonder!

"Macarena"

:rofl:

[xmas74]

17. I just finished watching it.

Hated the top song w/ a passion when it was first out.
One good thing they did do on the show was explain that one hit wonders aren't necessarily cute, catchy songs and that many famous artists have had only one hit. I argue that point w/ people all the time but no one seems to get it.

Sad part is that I liked quite a few of these songs when they were popular(yes, I am a child of the 80's).

[Archae]

18. You didn't like "Macarena?"

I like it... :crazy:

[xmas74]

19. I hated it.

But it served its purpose at the time. I worked in a mental institution at the time and it kept our patients entertained for hours.
I'd rather have them dance than fight.

btw-used to love the number 2 song.

[Left Is Write]

21. Why is it sad that you liked a popular song when it was popular?

That's how those records got to be hits. Radio played them and millions of people bought them.

[xmas74]

22. Some of it is looking back and thinking that I like some crappy

songs. I was the kid at school who had to listen to something that no one else in my small town listened to.
I do have to admit that recently I've begun to appreciate some of the songs of the 80's all over again. Many are starting to relisten to them and realize that not all 80's music was bad.

[Left Is Write]

23. I found it interesting...

that most of the songs on the countdown were from the late 70s and early 80s.

[xmas74]

26. So did I.

And quite a few times I caught myself singing or humming along. I received a few strange looks from my daughter tonight.

[maveric]

27. "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum. Best One hit wonder EVER!

Love that song!

[philosophie_en_rose]

29. The Proclaimers

I love 500 miles.

[Maestro]

32. Attack of the Nerds before Weezer.

It's too bad because they had good stuff.

[Wapsie B]

31. Autograph

"Turn Up The Radio"

[Maestro]

33. Great Song!!!!!!!

[Wapsie B]

45. Yes it was!

Just crank it up!

[Gregorian]

36. Afternoon Delight............Mississippi Queen

I have no idea who did the first one. And I think Mountain didn't have any other tunes to speak of.

Damn, this could go on for a while.


PS Thanks for spelling Dutchie for me. I spend decades wondering about a word, only to find out I was right all along. I should learn to trust my instincts. Ok, here goes-------SHAMONA! :)

[jpgray]

37. Colossus of Rhodes

All it did was stand there, really.

[DanCa]

39. 99 Lauf Balloons by Nina

best one hit wonder ever.

[Clintmax]

40. "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell

LOVED IT! Still do too! That's Michael Jackson singing background vocals in that song too!

[Shine]

41. Blind Melon: "Rain"

Catchy song from their first and only CD release. Too bad the lead singer died of a heroin overdoes.

Bummer.

Shine

[eyepaddle]

43. Surfin' Bird by the Trashmen

(Or whoever they plagiarized that song from!)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

51. "MMM MMM MMM BA BA MMM BA BA MMM MMM BA BA MMM BA BA..."

Sorry. :)

[njdemocrat106]

44. "When I'm With You" by Sheriff

Cheesy 80s power ballad, but I love it. Guilty as charged :evilgrin:

[tuvor]

46. That song was like a half-dozen years old when it finally became a hit.

[tuvor]

47. Echo Beach by Martha and the Muffins

We need more CanCon, folks!

[borlis]

50. Kim Carnes

I think she won a Grammy for "Betty Davis Eyes." Never to be heard from again.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

52. 96 Tears by Question Mark and the Mysterions.

:D

[NewJeffCT]

53. Right Said Fred - "I'm too sexy"

funny, but one hit wonder.

[Robeson]

54. Dan Hill. "Sometimes When We Touch".....

...a one hit wonder.

[Truebrit71sbruv]

55. Suzi Quattro...

... only perhaps qualifies as a "One Hit Wonder" in the US... unfortunately over here in Europe we had to suffer much, much, much, MUCH more of her...

:puke: