What are your favourite One Hit Wonders?


(Edit: for those UK posters, here is a good link to check for those one hit wonders:
http://www.everyhit.com/index.html )

For those posters from the USA, this site seems the best one
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/year...chart_index.jsp

Just put the name of the artist in the music search, and you can find the chart history from there

wouldn't say a favourite of mine, but my young brother adored it when it was in the charts, by the way, is that you in there SF?

Shaddap you face - Joe Dolce

I knew it! Good choice of song then

:D

Assuming these were only one hit wonders, well one big hit anyway :D
These are all a bit 80s and early 90s


I got You - Split Enz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WZxeLjFxRo

Although Finn then formed Crowded House afterwards.

Brilliant Mind - Furniture

Love the line "you must be out of your brilliant mind" :D

Echo Beach - Martha and the Muffins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyzsBqk8u1w

Love the 60s retro feel.

Build a Little Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might be Giants

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kJD2N2gvqw

for pure tack:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65_Qfatb5CY

ANEKA! roflmao

Europop alert!! :yikes: roflmao


Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPaEoFpsZQ0

This is a montage of the bbc2 indents.. but youtube have taken away the original video for the song :angry: ... darn!!! It's a great video too.. soooo euro..!!

Here's Matthew.. :)

i love that song :D

roflmao

She's from just outside Edinburgh.. very Japanese. She took her wig off on Wogan to reveal her real hair.. and her pop career went rapidly "Down the Dumper" as they used to say in Smash hits!


Now if you want tack, here's one.. More Europop!!

Crucifed - Army Of Lovers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H9vLNH95Ss

roflmao If this song were an animal it would be a pink poodle...only slightly camp.. roflmao

does anyone know the euro song (i think it was out about 3 years ago) where the singer was cavorting with a load of nuns in the video? It caused quite a stir at the time but i cant remember the artist or title

So do I Liam!! :D

A girl that I used to know put this on at parties at her house.. and get up dancing.. happy feel good euro pop.. have the single on vinyl tucked away somewhere, and have it transferred onto my pc too.. :ok:

Singer cavorting with nuns? :blink:

There has been a few of those, I have to say.. :lol:

I have it on an 80s CD :)

It was featured a while ago on MTVs 100 raunchiest videos or something. It was actually a good song but i cant for the life of me remember who it was

I have no idea if this is a one hit wonder or not - probably not - but enjoy anyway (petal can move to relevant section)

Junior - Mamma used to say....

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


c'mon everyone - lets growl out 'and mamma used to say'..... :yahoo:

oo oo oo

Owen Paul - Favourite Waste of time - and nice mullet!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i06rTJDD85I

couldnt find a vid as such but not sure she did much else after this - fab song though - I love belting this one out

Meredith Brooks - Bitch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzOCyiOl92g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgTba0y3D0E

Jemini- Cry Baby famous for "nul points" at Eurovision!

I can't believe i used to like that song when i was like 10 :wacko: :blink:

dunno if they did anything else, but this is another great belter

4 non blondes - What's Up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiDpMfEeo3Q

Carl Douglas-Kung Fu Fighting

Gotta love this song :D :D , but no more eveer heard from Mr.Douglas.....

Did Lush do anything else? if not, bung em in here!

Ladykillers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aReEwt_Z0kU

Definitely a one hit wonder there! :ok:

The singer from 4NB writes mega pop songs for the likes of Pink et al..

This was another one hit wonder from around that time..

mmm mmm mmm mmm - Crash Test Dummies

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

and another

Pretend We're Dead - L7

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


The great thing about one hit wonders is that they are so of their time.. such a nostalgia trip :D

roflmao roflmao Haha, I actually remember this eurovision-I remmebr Wogan saying 'Britains go the best legs' about the girl and thing oh dear if that's all he can say, this is gonna be bad.....


But wasn't the title 'one 'Hit' wonders...... roflmao

loved that one by Crash Test Dummies!

you're so right Petalp - am having great fun down memory lane, but have been reminded that its my turn to take mini Pebs to swimming lesson and clocks are going forward this weekend I think - so will have to continue tomorrow

night hun :hug:

I think that this thread could be a fun one! :D

Night Pebs! :hug:

this totally rocks

Pebs - great choice of songs :ok:

in my view one of the best

Stop the Cavalry - Jona Lewie

:D thanks hun. quite enjoyed thinking of them and having a stroll down memory lane - shall seek out some more later :)

how's about this one then?

Wonderful Life - Black

defo one of it's time

did these guys do anything after this?

Unbelievable - EMF

great song :)

OMG!!

This was the first single I ever bought, absolutely loved it - still do - a heavy rock rendition of a classic

House of the Rising Sun - Frijid Pink

I LOVE Lush... !!

Miki Berenyi :wub:



I do have a thing for dyed red hair.. and with the roots showing too.. :wub:

They don't quite qualify as one hit wonders as 'Single Girl' was a hit too at that time.

I love their cover of Chirpy Chirpy Cheap Cheap.! I'm sure that I've posted some of their stuff in the 90s indie section :)

Nope.. doesn't qualify I'm afraid, as Black also had a hit with 'The Sweetest Smile' (which I can't seem to find on youtube..)

dagnabit Deputy Dawg
:doh:

not sure if these technically qualify as one hit wonders, but I'm pretty sure that these bands did only have one 'hit' in UK at least

I Want You to Want Me - Cheap Trick

Every Day Hurts - Sad Café

Show Me the Way - Peter Frampton

The Togmeister himself!

I guess this ranks alongside Day Trip to Bangor!

The Floral Dance - Terry Wogan

what the hell!

Day Trip to Bangor - Fiddler's Dram

I think I will go for a lie down now

:blink:

Lou Bega - Mambo number 5!

the idea's to post the youtube link too yorkshire

;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vaw-9WElAjc :P

is that not just a cover of the 'Animals'?