Steel2Velvet Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On) Ten Years After - I'd Love to Change the World Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun Rick Derringer - Rock & Roll Hootchie Koo Some other chart entries by above listed artists: Jeannie C Riley - The Girl Most Likely T Rex - Hot Love Ten Years After - I'm Going Home (big boost from movie Woodstock) Terry Jacks - Which Way You Going, Billy? Rick Derringer - Hang On Sloopy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxy Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 Renee and Renato "Save Your Love" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 Phew. I read over most of this topic, so that I'd be able to pick something that hasn't been mentioned before. It is interesting how some bands manage to be one-hit wonders in certain places and make it big in others. Personally, I wouldn't think A-Ha, Soft Cell, T. Rex, and a few others as one hit wonders, but radio programming is different in other areas of the world. It's all good Here are my picks for my fave one hit wonders: "Susanna" by The Art Company "Doot Doot" by Freur "Never Never" by The Assembly "The Promise" by When In Rome "Two Occasions" by The Deele "Would I Lie To You?" by Charles And Eddie "I've Been Thinking About You" by Londonbeat "Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand" by The Primitive Radio Gods "Bittersweet Symphony" by The Verve Pipe "Nearly Lost You" by The Screaming Trees bittersweet symphony is by 'the verve'... i've seen a lot of people get confused with that one. 'verve pipe' had 'the freshman'. i love 'em both...but is the verve one-hit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 i've been waitin for a post like this... i don't think ALL he good songs have been named. a zillion more come to my mind. 'mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm' by the crash test dummies 'no rain by' blind melon (i know its already been mentioned but i need it to be mentioned again cuz i love it!) 'cat's in the cradle' and 'everything about you' by ugly kid joe (one of them is a hit right? or both?) 'dancing in the moonlight' and 'achilles' heel' by toploader (think the first one made it BIG) and i heard this one recently and realised how i really liked it 'its all about the money' by meja another childhood favourite which i haven't stopped liking is 'Tom's Diner' by DNA feat. Suzanne Vega (doo doo doo doo do do doo doo) And I really really really like "Hey Jealousy' by the Gin Blossoms and then of course 'What's Up' by 4-non blondes. They deserved to be more then just one-hit wonders. So did blind melon... i love ALL their songs so far...not just 'no rain'. No more names come to mind... the lemonheads aren't one-hit wonders right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxy Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 bittersweet symphony is by 'the verve'... i've seen a lot of people get confused with that one. 'verve pipe' had 'the freshman'. i love 'em both...but is the verve one-hit? They're definetly not one-hit wonders! They've had... - Bittersweet Smphony - Sonnet - The Drugs Don't Work - Lucky Man - Come On ..just to mention a few! Their album 'Urban Hymns' was very popular when it first came out, they were/are one of the most famous 'Brit Pop' bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josef Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 What is your FAV one hit wonder? Mine is Captain of Her Heart by Double... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsaneTim Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 MuhmuhmuhMy Sharona WOO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josef Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 Hey How about Turning Japanese - The Vapors... :guitar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endymion Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 Inside - Stiltskin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxy Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 Turning Japanese - The Vapors... :guitar: Fab song!! **MUSICAL INTERLUDE** I got your picture of me and you You wrote "I love you" I wrote "me too" I sit here staring and there's nothing else to do Oh it's in color Your hair is brown Your eyes are hazel And soft as clouds I have to kiss you when there's no one else around I got your picture, I got your picture I'd like a million of you over myself I want a doctor to take a picture So I can look at you from inside as well You've got me turning up and turning down and turning in and turning 'round I'm turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so I got your picture, I got your picture I'd like a million of you over myself I want a doctor to take a picture So I can look at you from inside as well You've got me turning up and turning down and turning in and turning 'round I'm turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women No fun, no sin, no you, no wonder it's dark Everyone around me is a total stranger Everyone avoids me like a Psyclone Ranger Everyone That's why I'm turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody_home Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 I just learned how "dirty" the song "Come On Elieen" really is. Yah, I'm pretty dense. Anyways, that's not my favorite one hit wonder. That would be "Spirit In the Sky" by you know who. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxy Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 "Young At Heart" by The Bluebells I'm not sure if it's their only hit, but it's the only one I've heard of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 Turning Japanese - The Vapors... Fab song!! Foxy, admit it. You just like the sushi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasyRider Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 Black Is Black Los Bravos Black is black I want my baby back It's gray, it's gray Since she went away, Ooh-Ooh What can I do 'Cause I-I-I-I-I'm feelin' blue If I had my way She'd be back today But she don't intend To see me again, Ooh-Ooh What can I do 'Cause I-I-I-I-I'm feelin' blue I can't choose It's too much to lose My love's too strong Wow! Maybe if she would come back to me Then it can't go wrong Bad is bad That I feel so sad It's time, it's time That I found peace of mind, Ooh-Ooh What can I do 'Cause I-I-I-I-I'm feelin' blue I can't choose It's too much to lose My love's too strong Wow! Maybe if she would come back to me Then it can't go wrong Black is black I want my baby back It's gray, it's gray Since she went away, Ooh-Ooh What can I do 'Cause I-I-I-I-I'm feelin' blue 'Cause I-I-I-I-I'm feelin' blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatGirl23 Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 One of my favorite one hit wonders is.......... The Hustle by Van McCoy (1975) The disco era needed a soundtrack by which hedonists could get busy on the dance floor, and the lite jazz groove perfectly fit the bill in 1976. Honk once if you love flutes. Honk twice if you've ever gotten busy on the dance floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 One Toke Over The Line....brewer and shipley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy1104 Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 The seventies had a slew of one hit wonders. How many of these do you remember. Some of them were huge hits! On this list are a few TV or movie stars such as Vickie Lawrence, Steve Martin, David Soul (Hutch) and David Naughton (Dr. Pepper guy and Werewolf of London). Alive and Kicking - Tighter, Tighter - 1970 Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay - 1970 Blues Image - Ride Captain Ride - 1970 Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - 1970 Frijid Pink - House of the Rising Sun - 1970 Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky - 1970 Jaggerz - The Rapper - 1970 Marmalade - Reflections of My Life - 1970 Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime - 1970 Shocking Blue - Venus - 1970 White Plains - My Baby Loves Lovin' - 1970 Wadsworth Mansion - Sweet Mary - 1970 Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding - 1970 Mountain - Mississippi Queen - 1970 Free - All Right Now - 1970 The Five Stairsteps - O-o-h Child - 1970 The Tee Set - Ma Belle Amie - 1970 Mashmakhan - As The Years Go By - 1970 R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me - 1970 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden - 1970 Robin McNamara - Lay a Little Lovin' On Me - 1970 Miguel Rios - A Song Of Joy (Himno A La Alegria) - 1970 Jefferson - Baby Take Me In Your Arms - 1970 The Ides Of March - Vehicle - 1970 Christie - Yellow River - 1970 Eddie Holman - Hey There Lonely Girl - 1970 Pacific Gas & Electric - Are You Ready? - 1970 Crabby Appleton - Go Back - 1970 Brewer & Shipley - One Toke Over the Line - 1971 Buoys - Timothy - 1971 Coven - One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack) - 1971 Paul Humphrey and His Cool Aid Chemists - Cool Aid - 1971 Ocean - Put Your Hand in the Hand - 1971 Richie Havens - Here Comes the Sun - 1971 Les Crane - The Desiderata - 1971 Daddy Dewdrop - Chick-A-Boom - 1971 Tom Clay - What The World Needs Now Is Love - 1971 Think - Once You Understand - 1971 Ten Years After - I'd Love to Change the World - 1971 Tin Tin - Toast And Marmalade For Tea - 1971 The Beginning of the End - Funky Nassau - Part 1 - 1971 Mac and Katie Kissoon - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep - 1971 Liz Damon's Orient Express - 1900 Yesterday - 1971 Sammi Smith - Help Me Make It Through The Night - 1971 Jean Knight - Mr. Big Stuff - 1971 Bloodrock - D.O.A. - 1971 The Bells - Stay Awhile - 1971 Denise LaSalle - Trapped By A Thing Called Love - 1971 Cymarron - Rings - 1971 The Free Movement - I've Found Someone Of My Own - 1971 The Undisputed Truth - Smiling Faces Sometimes - 1971 Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle - 1971 Apollo 100 - Joy - 1972 Argent - Hold Your Head Up - 1972 Bullet - White Lies, Blue Eyes - 1972 Climax - Precious and Few - 1972 Joey Heatherton - Gone - 1972 Hillside Singers - I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony) - 1972 Hot Butter - Popcorn - 1972 Mouth & MacNeal - How Do You Do - 1972 Danny O'Keefe - Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - 1972 Jonathan Edwards - Sunshine - 1972 Chakachas - Jungle Fever - 1972 Delegates - Convention '72 - 1972 Malo - Suavecito - 1972 Hurricane Smith - Oh, Babe, What Would You Say? - 1972 Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen - Hot Rod Lincoln - 1972 Buffy Sainte-Marie - Mister, Can't You See - 1972 Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday - 1972 T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On) - 1972 Sailcat - Motorcycle Mama - 1972 Bloodstone - Natural High - 1973 Brownsville Station - Smokin' in the Boys Room - 1973 Focus - Hocus Pocus - 1973 Clint Holmes - Playground in My Mind - 1973 King Harvest - Dancing in the Moonlight - 1973 Vicki Lawrence - The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - 1973 Skylark - Wildflower - 1973 Stories - Brother Louie - 1973 Jud Strunk - Daisy a Day - 1973 Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together - 1973 Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell - Dueling Banjos - 1973 Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa - 1973 Loudon Wainwright III - Dead Skunk - 1973 Barbara Fairchild - Teddy Bear Song - 1973 New York City - I'm Doin' Fine Now - 1973 B.W. Stevenson - My Maria - 1973 Shirley Brown - Woman to Woman - 1974 William DeVaughn - Be Thankful For What You Got - 1974 David Essex - Rock On - 1974 First Class - Beach Baby - 1974 Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun - 1974 George McCrae - Rock Your Baby - 1974 MFSB - TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) - 1974 Mocedades - Eres Tu (Touch the Wind) - 1974 Maria Muldaur - Midnight at the Oasis - 1974 Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died - 1974 Reunion - Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me) - 1974 Billy Swan - I Can Help - 1974 Blue Swede - Hooked on a Feeling - 1974 Byron MacGregor - The Americans - 1974 Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells - 1974 Marvin Hamlisch - The Entertainer - 1974 Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting - 1974 Rick Derringer - Rock & Roll Hootchie Koo - 1974 Sister Janet Mead - The Lord's Prayer - 1974 Sami Jo - Tell Me A Lie - 1974 Wednesday - Last Kiss - 1974 Johnny Bristol - Hang On In There Baby - 1974 Morris Albert - Feelings - 1975 Head East - Never Been Any Reason - 1975 Sammy Johns - Chevy Van - 1975 Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle - 1975 Pilot - Magic - 1975 Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You - 1975 Sweet Sensation - Sad Sweet Dreamer - 1975 Gwen McCrae - Rockin' Chair - 1975 Bazuka - Dynomite - 1975 Ace - How Long - 1975 Kraftwerk - Autobahn - 1975 Jessi Colter - I'm Not Lisa - 1975 Benny Bell - Shaving Cream - 1975 Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around and Fell in Love - 1976 Rick Dees - Disco Duck - 1976 Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes - Get Dancin' - 1976 Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band -A Fifth of Beethoven - 1976 Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn the Beat Around - 1976 Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight - 1976 Wild Cherry - Play that Funky Music - 1976 Thin Lizzy - The Boys are Back in Town - 1976 Larry Groce - Junk Food Junkie - 1976 Brass Construction - Movin' - 1976 Cate Bros. - Union Man - 1976 Cyndi Grecco - Making Our Dreams Come True - 1976 Pratt & McClain - Happy Days - 1976 Silver - Wham Bam - 1976 Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life - 1977 David Dundas - Jeans On - 1977 Floaters - Float On - 1977 Q - Dancin' Man - 1977 David Soul - Don't Give Up on Us - 1977 Piero Umiliani - Mah Na Mah Na - 1977 Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way - 1977 Sanford-Townshend Band - Smoke From a Distant Fire - 1977 Odyssey - Native New Yorker - 1977 William Bell - Trying To Love Two - 1977 Dean Friedman - Ariel - 1977 Ram Jam - Black Betty - 1977 Meri Wilson - Telephone Man - 1977 Paul Nicholas - Heaven On The 7th Floor - 1977 Alicia Bridges - I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round) - 1978 Walter Egan - Magnet and Steel - 1978 Foxy - Get Off - 1978 Nick Gilder - Hot Child in the City - 1978 Alan O'Day - Undercover Angel - 1978 Samantha Sang - Emotion - 1978 John Paul Young - Love Is In the Air - 1978 Patti Smith Group - Because The Night - 1978 Anita Ward - Ring My Bell - 1978 Eruption - I Can't Stand The Rain - 1978 Steve Martin - King Tut - 1978 Boney M - Rivers of Babylon - 1978 Jimmy Horne - Dance Across The Floor - 1978 LeBlanc & Carr - Falling - 1978 Rubicon - I'm Gonna Take Care Of Everything - 1978 Bobby Caldwell - What You Won't Do for Love - 1979 Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl) - 1979 Nick Lowe - Cruel to be Kind - 1979 Sniff 'n' the Tears - Driver's Seat - 1979 Amii Stewart - Knock on Wood - 1979 Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays - 1979 Patrick Hernandez - Born to be Alive - 1979 The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star - 1979 M - Pop Muzik - 1979 David Naughton - Makin' It - 1979 Ian Gomm - Hold On - 1979 Barbara Mandrell - I Don't Want to Be Right - 1979 Randy Vanwarmer - Just When I Needed You Most - 1979 Roger Voudouris - Get Used To It - 1979 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 "96 Tears" - ? (Question Mark) & the Mysterians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy1104 Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 Oops...almost forgot to answer the question of the original poster of this thread. Hard to say what my favorite one hit wonder song is because there are so many. I will go with a few and all out of the seventies. Suavecito - Malo One Tin Soldier - Coven Mississippi Queen - Mountain I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats Oh Babe, What Would You Say - Hurricane Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxy Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 T Rex were hardly a one hit wonder!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 T Rex were hardly a one hit wonder!! Jimmy... you also listed Thin Lizzy and Patti Smith... :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxy Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 & Boney M!!! :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy1104 Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 T Rex were hardly a one hit wonder!! Jimmy... you also listed Thin Lizzy and Patti Smith... I agree with both of you. If you look on the list Richie Havens is also there. Now we all know he was great! The fact of one hit wonders is they only had one single on the charts, I believe in the Top 40 if not the Top 100. One hit wonders do refer to the artist, not the song as well. If you take a look at the list I posted above you will find quite a few arguments about who and who is not a one hit wonder, but in keeping with the definition of one hit wonders they all qualified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 Patti Smith hit the charts with "In exelcis Dio (Gloria)" and "Hey Frederick", as I can recall... I will have to check... though if you checkd already, you must be right. In any case, I wouldn´t apply that definition to "one hit wonder". Then Lou Reed would also be in that list with "Walk on the wild side", for instance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 I'm sure Bonnie M had more than one songs in the charts "daddy cool", "by the rivers of babylon", "rasputin"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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