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Blast from the Past: What's your favorite "One-Hit Wonder" song/artist?
one man's opinion...

Posted on 01/19/2014 6:15:37 AM PST by ken5050

I was clicking through some links on Wikipedia last night, and stumbled across the "List of One-hit Wonders" in the United States." Amazingly, they have separate, detailed individual lists for each decade ( I've posted the links below..)I was astonished at how many there were, how many I'd liked, and many I'd pretty much forgotten; and I spent several hours on YouTube, reminiscing, and then downloading some of the tunes. So, enjoy.. if you have a favorite, opine below...


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To: mdmathis6

bookmark for a better time to go through! Thanks!


181 posted on 01/19/2014 2:59:18 PM PST by MarineMom613 (RIP Sandra Sue, my fur baby 12/31/1999 ~ 7/2/2010 - See you on the other side!)
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To: MarineMom613

sorry bookmark. Shouldn’t posted to myself. Apologies.


182 posted on 01/19/2014 3:00:17 PM PST by MarineMom613 (RIP Sandra Sue, my fur baby 12/31/1999 ~ 7/2/2010 - See you on the other side!)
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To: cuban leaf
Beyond that song, and a couple of others that were at least listenable, their songs really, REALLY sucked.

However, the follow-up single "The Sun Always Shines on TV" also did quite respectably. It was a #1 song in the UK and a top-20 hit in the US. So however much it sucked (personally I didn't think it was that bad, but that's just me), A-Ha really don't qualify as OHWs.

183 posted on 01/19/2014 3:08:15 PM PST by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: ken5050

I remember 10cc had 2 in the 70s

I’m Not In Love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdCY0CgMoq8,

and The Things We Do For Love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFkMGrESZUo


184 posted on 01/19/2014 3:20:12 PM PST by hugorand
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To: hugorand

867-5309 by Tommy Tutone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axLRUszuu9I


185 posted on 01/19/2014 3:25:59 PM PST by Memphis Moe
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To: autumnraine
Safety Dance.

Men Without Hats (probably my favourite band from Montreal) had a number of singles that got respectable airplay on Canadian radio: "Pop Goes the World," "Moonbeam," and "Hey Men," for example.

Broadcast regulations in Canada that require a certain percentage of music to be Canadian content, has led to what's been called a music industry of "hothouse flowers"—many bands that thrive inside Canada's borders but are virtually unheard of anywhere else. (How many Platinum Blonde singles can you name?) I suspect the Internet has eroded this, somewhat.

186 posted on 01/19/2014 3:29:37 PM PST by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: ken5050

Oh Mickey you’re so fine you’re so fine you blow my mind hey Mickey.


187 posted on 01/19/2014 3:30:15 PM PST by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: RansomOttawa

That’s exactly the one I was thinking of when I said, “a couple of others.


188 posted on 01/19/2014 3:40:28 PM PST by cuban leaf
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To: RansomOttawa

I like Pop Goes The World.


189 posted on 01/19/2014 4:05:17 PM PST by autumnraine
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To: autumnraine

is that a one-hit wonder? Is that the song that goes “Video killed the radio star”?


190 posted on 01/19/2014 4:06:31 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: GeronL

No it’s a song by the group that did Safety Dance. It wasn’t big here.


191 posted on 01/19/2014 4:09:25 PM PST by autumnraine
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To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
Greg Kihn Band - Break up song.

They had a bigger hit with "Our Love's in Jeopardy."

192 posted on 01/19/2014 4:09:29 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: shove_it

I loved Melanie as a kid.

Loved her song “Lay Down”.


193 posted on 01/19/2014 4:09:58 PM PST by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning to all anti-semites.)
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To: autumnraine

Men with Hats. Right.


194 posted on 01/19/2014 4:10:53 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Celtic Conservative

No, cause she also had “Gloria.” Big song, used in “Flashdance.”


195 posted on 01/19/2014 4:11:56 PM PST by LS ('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Arthur Brown: another huge Brit act that couldn’t make it over here.


196 posted on 01/19/2014 4:13:06 PM PST by LS ('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
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To: DonnDe

Really good song.


197 posted on 01/19/2014 4:13:58 PM PST by LS ('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
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To: RansomOttawa

Speaking of Canadian One-Hit Wonders....”Crash Test Dummies” with Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm.


198 posted on 01/19/2014 4:16:11 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: jurroppi1
Ides of March - Vehicle.

I put that as the ringtone on my wife's phone and she loves it! (I'm the friendly stranger in the black sedan, (actually a truck) won't you hop inside my car).

199 posted on 01/19/2014 4:18:59 PM PST by bygolly
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To: dainbramaged

How about “Radar Love” by Golden earring? I always called it music to drive fast by.


They also had “Twilight Zone (When the Bullet Hits the Bone) so they aren’t really “one hit.”


200 posted on 01/19/2014 4:20:17 PM PST by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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