What Is Your Favorite One Hit Wonder?

[Parche]

:shrug: :hi:

[Skittles]

1. Thunderclap Newman - Something in the Air

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8zmkzshUvE&feature=related

Jimmy McCulloch is 15 years old, playing guitar in this video (his brother Jack is on drums) - Jimmy later played for Wings; alas, he died at age 26 thirty years ago this month.

[LynneSin]

7. I loved the scene in "Almost Famous" where they all jammed to that song

it was a classic!

[enigmatic]

57. Great call

Love this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9oxyqLWoEI

[Skittles]

79. aw that video takes me back

I lived in England back then - I swear I see my old grandma in that video LOL

[TZ]

2. This...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ThWaMnlSZM
Come on Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners...

[KamaAina]

84. Dexys Midnight Runners (no apostrophe) were only a one-hit wonder on this side of the pond

they had quite a few other hits in the UK.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexys_Midnight_Runners#Singles

[NJmaverick]

3. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqn4M1SPF8E

[Parche]

4. whats worse then come on eileen

:shrug: :hi: :rofl: :hi:

[Capn Sunshine]

59. what's worse? Chicken Outlaw, baby!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK2v3350FP8

[darkstar3]

99. Cotton-eye Joe. 'nough said.

[darkstar3]

100. delete - wrong place

[guitar man]

5. Me and Mrs Jones

Billy Paul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mctv8RoNEM

[mitchum]

20. That's my favorite song to play at a wedding

[Burma Jones]

6. Pictures of Matchstick Men

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1cJFIGHkJA

[hobbit709]

21. They're still around

[muriel_volestrangler]

71. 63 chart hits in the UK, more than any other band

118 million records sold worldwide

http://www.statusquo.co.uk/factsheet.htm

Bit difficult to call them a one hit wonder.

[Burma Jones]

72. I like their other stuff, I have a good 2 disk greatest hits set from them

somehow they never really caught on here in the US.....hence one hit wonder here at least

[LynneSin]

8. Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky"

I love that song

[RebelOne]

70. One of my favorites also and I'm an atheist, but I love the rhythm. n/t

[GCP]

98. My favorite also

Closely followed by Sugar Sugar by The Archies.

[blogslut]

9. Big Country

Big Country

[proteus_lives]

60. Oh I love that song.

The video for that song is one of the first videos I saw on MTV.

[SoxFan]

93. Not really a one-hit wonder

Like Status Quo, which someone else mentioned, Big Country charted many times in the UK

All of these songs reached the top 40 on the British charts:

In A Big Country
Fields of Fire
Chance
Wonderland
East of Eden
Where The Rose Is Sown
Look Away
One Great Thing
The Teacher
King of Emotion
Peace In Our Time
Republican Party Reptile
Alone
Ships (Where Were You)

Four albums reached the British top ten, and three more made the top 50.

[flvegan]

10. Rush.

Because they've only had one hit, so they're my favorite.

[LynneSin]

15. I hope you get something like Anal Cysts that make it so painful you can't sit without screaming

Just like Rush Limbaugh!

[TZ]

16. well that puts them on equal footing

With the Beastie Boys!!!:P

[flvegan]

17. I don't know...

the BBoys last three albums of new music either opened at, or went to #1...

[LynneSin]

35. WAIT!!! I hope you get those painful anal cysts too

Beastie Boys are legendary!

[jobycom]

43. But it sucked. Then there's Boston...

who had more than one title on their hit, but whose hits all sounded like the same song

[Sebastian Doyle]

63. Except for when they sounded like the James Gang

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz_mjVXObm0

[Manifestor_of_Light]

105. Sounds like Cream with a bit of caffeine.

[emdistortion]

11. Poe

Remember, "Angry Johnny"? I had a thing for her voice back then.

[emdistortion]

13. Frente - "Everytime I see you falling". n/t

[emdistortion]

12. n/t

dupe

[jakeXT]

14. Skee-Lo - I Wish ?

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=18866742

[Ohio Joe]

18. Lunatic Fringe by Red Rider

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp9852hq0W0

[jobycom]

44. Also the winner of the "Most often mistaken for a Pink Floyd song." nt

[Manifestor_of_Light]

107. Thanx. I had no idea what the name of that was.

[mitchum]

19. Walter Egan "Magnet and Steel"

[WCGreen]

87. I saw him in concert opening up for Kenny Loggins...

[baldguy]

22. The Waitresses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsneH0mOq-0

[begin_within]

51. I also like two of their other songs,

"Quit" and "Christmas Wrapping" are both great.

[Brother Buzz]

23. Blues Image: Ride Captain Ride

Blues Image wasn't really a one hit wonder band, but this is the only song I know done by them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBnBNZO3VSc

[pokerfan]

29. +1

[abq e streeter]

24. I may end up thinking of dozens, But The Robbs---Race With the Wind , is a great one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lnjKtJmFO0

[abq e streeter]

25. damn I knew this would happen--The Swingin' Medallions-Double Shot of My Baby's Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgMQkEz5Uvs



I want that to be my epitaph when they lay me in the ground : It wasn't wine that I had too much of, it was a...double shot of my baby's love.

[Moondog]

26. Here's a few -

Shocking Blue - "Venus" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n88N0ZGyEOA&feature=related

The Vapors - "Turning Japanese" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEmJ-VWPDM4&feature=fvw

Modern English - "I Melt With You" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHAm7A8KINo&feature=related

[gmoney]

27. +1 for "Turning Japanese"

Really a perfect song...

[kwassa]

96. one of my faves, too. Inexplicable.

[pokerfan]

28. delete

dupe

[abq e streeter]

30. not to mention: Little Miss Sad by The 5 Emprees,Hey Baby, by Bruce Chanel

( with a young Delbert McClinton on harmonica)...Larry Finegan-Dear One, Hey Little Girl-Syndicate of Sound, Coming To Take Me Away-Napoleon the 14th, Let it Out-The Hombres,Sally Go Round the Roses-The Jaynettes,Summertime Summertime-The Jamies,Yellow Balloon, by The Yellow Ballon,Mixed Up Shook Up Girl-Patty and the Emblems,Wild Weekend -the Rockin Rebels,Pipeline-Chantays, Just Like Romeo and Juliet-Reflections,Rama Lama Ding Dong -Edsels,Keep on Dancin'-The Gentrys, Sukiyaki-Kyu Sakamoto,Come on Down to My Boat-Every Mother's Son,Cool Jerk-The Capitols,Liar Liar-Castaways,It Will Stand-The Showmwn, Have I the Right- The Honeycombs, Mountain of Love-Harold Dorman,Friday on My Mind- The Easy Beats...Ain't Got Nothin Yet-Blues Magoos, Talk Talk-Music Machine, Fire-Crazy world of Arthur Brown..........Ok... My brain hurts and everyone but me no doubt got somewhere between bored and seriously annoyed if they tried to read this.Now it's youtube time.
a few anyway:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvZDBzMIctM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8Oxk8xhwJk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZxuUFjLE0k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJgwj_eGD7k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50b-Q-Z1bF0

[Jetboy]

37. Damn it abq, now I gotta listen to all of those great songs!

I was just about to crash but some of that 50s-60s magic is calling now because of you. Here are a couple more- let me know if they weren't really one hit wonders:

Love is Strange by Mickey and Sylvia

Do You Wanna Dance by Bobby Freeman

[abq e streeter]

40. can't remeber if Mickey and Sylvia had another one, but...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYKGes03EnE

[Jetboy]

45. I love that song but am ashamed to say that I'd only heard the

Eddie and the Cruisers soundtrack version. I think it was John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band. Bobby Freeman was awesome.

[abq e streeter]

50. I like Cafferty and Beaver Brown a lot--nothing to be ashamed of at all

Plus, jet-dude, you really know your shit musically, and if I recall, you're not a geezer like me who grew up with this stuff, so if anything, your appreciation for the old rock-o-billy and 60's stuff makes you infinitely hipper than me ( OK, a little hipper---nah, I'm a fuckin' dork; a lot hipper it is).

[Jetboy]

75. I just love that golden age rock-n-roll stuff and am constantly

discovering (or rediscovering) great songs from that era. It seemed to be all about fun except for the doo-wop songs that can tear at your heart. A real treat for me is watching clips of the kids dancing in the 50s-early 60s. That really looked like a lot of fun. Rock-n-roll dancing was a lost art by the time I started going to shows.

[abq e streeter]

49. yes, you DO have to listen to em all, but I'll cut you some slack; crash, and listen tomorrow

BUT---here's more... Next Plane to London -Rose Garden, Wonderful Summer-Robin Ward, Angel Baby, Rosie and The Originals, Martian Hop-Randells, If You Wanna Be Happy-Jimmy Soul, Midnight Mary-Joey Powers, Concrete and Clay-Eddie Rambeau ( Unit 4 plus 2 had a hit version too, but in Chi-Town it was Rambeau's), Morning Girl-Neon Philharmonic,New York's a Lonely Town-The Tradewinds Bobby's Girl -Marcie Blaine, and I think this was the only chart hit by Sonny Charles--Black Pearl, one of the most gorgeous songs in the history of the planet.I've wanted to learn that one to do as a tribute to Michelle Obama,( and actually have wanted to do that one for years anyway) but always have wondered if it were proper for a white guy to sing, even though I was dating a black girl at the time it was on the charts ( who by the way, also grew upon the south side, not far from where Michelle Robinson did)and felt the same sentiments about her as Sonny Charles sings about.... I left off some songs that are considered one hit wonders by some , because they had followups that at least dented the lower echelons of the top forty...Expressway to Your Heart -the Soul Survivors ( immortalized in Steely Dan's Hey 19), (Explosion), Too Much to Dream -The Electric Prunes ( Get Me to the World on Time),Bread and Butter-The Newbeats ( Run Baby Run), Pushin Too Hard -The Seeds with the late great Sky Saxon (Can't Seem to Make You Mine), Lies-The Knickerbockers ( One Track Mind)...There'll be a test on this material at the end of the semester...Edit: how the hell did I forget 96 Tears???!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSmvdh5gpbg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQdqfLi1kn8 The guy playing harmonica goes by the DU name of abq e streeter. I was showing my old high school buddy and his wife around New Mexico a couple of weeks ago and some friends were playing on the Taos Plaza that night, and they got me up to play a little on this song.

[Jetboy]

76. I have a few more hits that I don't know if they are one-hit wonders

or not. Maybe you could help some more abq:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCoNtro4BKo (I know these girls were very young in the 50s but they still rock it out in that clip! not sure when this clip is from though)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW_SKWjrE2U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRb1-SAAIzs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUNeOdH3Adw

I do know a little about music abq (and thank you for the compliment in the other post btw) but I don't know one tenth of what you know so I appreciate learning from you. You play great music and have a lot of fun onstage too.

[abq e streeter]

106. The only one I know for sure had other hits was Ronnie Hawkins with Mary Lou

BTW, 40 Days is actually just Chuck Berry's 30 Days...a great song either way though. ( And I assume you do know who The Hawks became) I see another poster ( Mitchum) knew a lot more about Mickey and Sylvia than I did. I know my 50's music somewhat, but am FAR from an expert ; I know a lot more about the 60's stuff, but there are lots of people that know a hell of a lot more than I do... I always am discovering obscure old soul songs for instance, on you tube, that I'd never heard of, and there are people there who have dozens and even hundreds of songs I didn't know on their you tube sites. Like I've said, a lot of my knowledge is just from being in my late 50's now ( what ??? ...how the HELL did THAT happen???) and having been a total rock and roll junkie as a kid ( I used to go through batteries faster than Limbaugh goes through oxycontin, from falling asleep with the transistor radio on under my pillow every night). So, much of what I know is stuff I remember from all but having those transistor radios surgically attached to my ears 24/7 ( and then having gone back and researched stuff just cuz I found it interesting to tie bits of knowledge together). also... glad you liked the video my friend shot in Taos; like I said it was just impromptu sitting in on that one song. Hell of a guitar player isn't he . That's one of my best friends, Chris Dracup. And the guy playing spoons is a great singer and songwriter-Tommy Elskes. Lyle Lovett is apparently recording ( or already has) one of Tommy's songs for his new album ...oops, I mean CD , or whatever you kids call em these days... ... I've never posted anything else of me playing that's on you tube ( there are only a few things anyway) and of course as you know, only recently learned how to post you tube links anyway....You and one other person here are the only people I've pointed toward videos of me playing; the other person being a woman here who is also very knowledgeable about music, especially blues...Hopefully though,someday I'll figure out how to post some audio of me singing in a pretty decent rockabilly band from about 9 years ago that I have on CD, onto youtube and I'll send she and you PM's as to where to find it there if either of you are interested.....P.S. just tried to post Mary Lou, but been having trouble with you tube all day, and someone else on DU said they have too, but check it out when youtube gets itself fixed, although I suspect you probably already know that song...(?)

[mitchum]

95. Mickey Baker played on lots of hits by other people and Sylvia Robinson later...

had a hit single with "Pillow Talk"

[smoochpooch]

31. Snow: Informer! A likky boom boom down!

Sheriff: When I'm With You

Loverboy: Working for the Weekend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E82ozXyNjk

Ace of Base: The Sign http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96jFtzVa80A

The Breeders: Cannonball http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpoqzt2EHaA

[MrSlayer]

32. The Safety Dance.

Great video, fun song.

[Tom_Foolery]

33. "Salt in My Tears" by Martin Briley

[Ohio Joe]

64. The shame of it is...

One Night With A Stranger is one of my favorite albums, there are a lot of really good songs on it. His first album, Fear of the Unknown has a great song called "I Feel Like A Milkshake".

[HughBeaumont]

34. "Magic" by Pilot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iiryJwvDtc

Favorite Two-hit Wonder - 10cc's "I'm Not In Love"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2BavhwpIJg

[bluesbassman]

36. Head East - Never Been Any Reason

One of my favorite sing-a-long tunes. (If I could sing that is :) )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIRP4gydheQ

[KatyaR]

90. I'll second that one--

good pick!

[Iggo]

38. Precious And Few -- Climax

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAxxXPDyY4I&feature=related

[abq e streeter]

42. OK kids, trivia time---Climax's singer Sonny Geraci also sang with the....( fill in the blank)

[bluesbassman]

48. The Outsiders. Trivia time #2 - What band did The Outsiders drummer go on to form?

Time Won't Let Me - The Outsiders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Xc8l_uRFg

[abq e streeter]

52. Just looked it up--wow, I never knew that----- more Outsiders trivia below

also, being Cleveland bands, I should have guessed a connection between The Outsiders and The Choir ( another great one hit wonder: It's Cold Outside; gotta see if it's on you tube). and here it be:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndBjoitqR8k

who arranged the horns on Help Me Girl? ( one of my favorite horn breaks in all of rock and/or roll) didn't look this up, BTW... I still have my 45 of it, and remember stuff like this instead of information that I can actually put to practical use....

[bluesbassman]

53. This is a blast! Would that be Tommy Baker...

Who went on to do the orchestral arrangement for Grand Funk Railroad's I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home?

My most favorite Grand Funk tune by the way. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8MYsii4DZY

(Although I think they ripped off that intro guitar lick from the Monkees' Pleasant Valley Sunday :) )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB0bnT4QRIc

[abq e streeter]

54. small print on the 45 says horns arranged by Charles Mangione

[bluesbassman]

55. Cooler still!

Never saw Chuck's name in the research I did. Tommy Baker was listed as "horns and string arrangements".

Amazing all the intertwining when you start digging.

[abq e streeter]

58. as Bobby Zimmerman says: "useless and pointless knowledge" ( Tombstone Blues)

fun though, ain't it? :toast:

[gmoney]

39. "Right Here, Right Now" by Jesus Jones is a good one...

Always cheers me up and gets my blood moving. Killer bassline and production.

[AllenVanAllen]

41. Oleta Adams'

but not particularly the song that was her "one hit" but the entire album Circle of One.

It had several great tracks, like this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy9tVNDd9f0

:hi:

[jobycom]

46. Sexual Harassment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL5ymYY_tE8

[jobycom]

47. Dream Academy

Life in a Northern Town: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UPmEFPr7hc&feature=related

Then there's the country music remake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLGt_c0noTA&feature=fvw

[enigmatic]

56. "Little Black Egg"- The Nightcrawlers

One of the great chiming riffs of all-time:

http://recluseshow.blogspot.com/2009/03/little-black-egg-nightcrawlers.html

[BlooInBloo]

61. Golden Earring...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeRa3RtBiIU

[Sebastian Doyle]

67. Nah, they were a two hit wonder

They just took a whole decade to have the second hit though....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irZi18VR31M

[Sebastian Doyle]

62. The Patriot Song by The Dick Nixons

Who knew he was running in 1992? :shrug:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrl0AhFrhKY

[fNord]

65. Well, technically The Dead were a one hit wonder.....

they only had one top 40's hit, "Touch of Gray"

but short of them, I would have to say either

Steeler's Wheel: Stuck In The Middle With You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8StG4fFWHqg&feature=PlayList&p=00ABF09FCEC403FA&index=37

or

Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem: Can You Picture That
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxMmn750P64

it may be from a children's movie, but I'm 29, and this song and its lyrics are still revealing themselves to me, and affecting me in positive ways I could never really express here.

[Tabasco_Dave]

66. Donny Iris "ah Leah"

Who said nerds can't rock? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH5Arbm47IQ

[BlooInBloo]

74. That's "Dahnny Iris", to Pittsburghers.

:P

[Strong Atheist]

68. In the summertime by Mungo Jerry:

http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/j/jerrymungo6698/inthesummertime251957.html

[RebelOne]

69. "Moonlight Feels Right" -- Starbuck

www.youtube.com/watch?v=L84D77FJkGY

[raccoon]

73. "Little Star" by the Elegants. nt

[joeybee12]

77. Wicked Game-Chris Isaak's only top 40...

...which amazes me...buy his records, people!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

78. "One Toke Over the Line"

Didn't hear it for years during the "Just Say No" years and before the advent of online music.

[abq e streeter]

86. I assume you mean this inspirational version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye3ecDYxOkg

[Manifestor_of_Light]

108. That was Brewer & Shipley.

They were not a one hit wonder.
Mike Brewer was from OKC.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

109. I give up. What was their other hit?

Seriously. Never heard anything but that one.

[Arkansas Granny]

80. "Signs" - Five Man Electrical Band.

[Mudoria]

81. Nena 99 luft Balons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQYQTFudrqc

[abq e streeter]

88. had been thinking I left out this and Walking on Sunshine ( heard on Stephanie Miller this AM)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUmE-tne5U

thought you tube was working again, maybe not....anyway, 99 Luftballoons (sp.?) is a great one too

[carlyhippy]

82. get it on-bang a gong Power Station

too bad a supergroup like this only had one album.

[Taverner]

83. Afternoon Delight

[JCMach1]

85. Gary Numan- "Cars"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldyx3KHOFXw

[WCGreen]

89. Ariel by Dean Freidman...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGFW9jCFml4

Best line...


Deep in the bosom of suburbia...

[TrogL]

91. In the year 2525 - Zagar and Evans

[Bennyboy]

92. The Grateful Dead.....

Touch of grey!

[Arugula Latte]

94. "I Want to Hold Your Hand.."

Too bad that group--what was their name again?--never went anywhere.

[kwassa]

97. I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred

I'm too sexy for my love
Too sexy for my love
Love's going to leave me
I'm too sexy for my shirt
Too sexy for my shirts
So sexy it hurts
And I'm too sexy for Milan
Too sexy for Milan
New York and Japan
And I'm too sexy for your party
Too sexy for your party
No way I'm disco dancing
I'm a model you know what I mean
And I do my little turn on the catwalk
Yeah on the catwalk on the catwalk, yeah
I do my little turn on the catwalk
I'm too sexy for my car
Too sexy for my car
Too sexy by far
And I'm too sexy for my hat
Too sexy for my hat
What do you think about that?
I'm a model you know what I mean
And I do my little turn on the catwalk
Yeah on the catwalk on the catwalk, yeah
I shake my little tush on the catwalk
I'm too sexy for my
Too sexy for my too sexy for my
'Cos I'm a model you know what I mean
And I do my little turn on the catwalk
Yeah on the catwalk yea on the catwalk, yeah
I shake my little tush on the catwalk
I'm too sexy for my cat
Too sexy for my cat
Poor pussy poor pussy cat
I'm too sexy for my love
Too sexy for my love
Love's going to leave me
And I'm too sexy for this song

[ThoughtCriminal]

101. Pachelbel's Canon

At some point I thought "That's nice, what else did he write?"

Yes, I know better, but it is the only thing most people remember.

[darkstar3]

102. Little Miss Can't-Be-Wrong -- The Spin Doctors

I don't think I've ever heard another song by them on the radio. Awesome song to sing along to...

[Liberal Veteran]

103. Two Princes peaked at 7 on Billboard, Little Miss at 17.

So that sorta makes them more of a two hit wonder.

[darkstar3]

104. D'oh!!

How did I NOT remember that?