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The Greatest One-Hit Wonder Songs of the '70s
Ranker Music ^ | 1/1/24 | Ranker Music

Posted on 02/05/2024 2:22:36 PM PST by DallasBiff

We see flash-in-the-pan artists come and go with every decade, but one-hit wonders of the '70s ironically always seem to stick around. For example, you’ve probably heard the classics “American Pie” by Don McLean or “Spirit in the Sky” by Norman Greenbaum despite not knowing any of their other songs or discography. Below, music lovers have ranked the greatest songs of the '70s by one hit wonders in order to increase awareness for them—and also because they kick ass. So if you like “American Pie” or “Spirit in the Sky,” you’re sure to love the other one hit wonders of the '70s below. Also be sure to vote for your favorite '70s one-hit wonders below or add any you feel should be on the list

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KEYWORDS: 70s; onehitwonders
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To: Verginius Rufus

Your nomination is a very interesting one hit wonder.

It would be interesting to re-do that song in view of all the changes in the world since 1969 that despite the good things, continue to make the future look bleak.


181 posted on 02/05/2024 5:06:05 PM PST by Weirdad (Orthodox Americanism: It's what's good for the world! (Not communofascism!))
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To: dfwgator

“ You’ve got Tony Burrows on this list three times with three different groups.”

Yeah.

Pretty amazing.

In a way these weren’t one hit wonder songs.


182 posted on 02/05/2024 5:06:16 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Alas Babylon!
Also, I think I love you.

I was responding to the original poster who listed that as the one hit, and I didn't want to repeat.
183 posted on 02/05/2024 5:07:26 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: bleach

Great nomination, I like that song.


184 posted on 02/05/2024 5:08:09 PM PST by Weirdad (Orthodox Americanism: It's what's good for the world! (Not communofascism!))
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To: dfwgator

“Good Girls Don’t” only reached 11th on the charts. The Knack didn’t break the top 10 again until 1991 with this,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgm2J0ZEb_U


185 posted on 02/05/2024 5:08:16 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes” - Possibly Mark Twain.)
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To: DallasBiff
I know throw sh!t at me, but I think The Partridge Family's song "I think I Love You" was the best one hit wonder of the 70's.

My sister played that album a lot.

A whole lot.

186 posted on 02/05/2024 5:10:35 PM PST by Allegra (Less propaganda would be appreciated. )
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To: Dr. Sivana

I have the audio but I have no way to share it.

I cannot find it up on the web at this time.

The song was at #49 but someone pulled a fast one and put it in at #39 that one week.

It was never caught before it was shipped and aired in most markets.


187 posted on 02/05/2024 5:12:24 PM PST by George from New England
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To: George from New England

“I see Hooked On A Feeling ... no way to tell if it’s the original BJ Thomas one or the dorky Blue Suede one.”
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And let’s not forget David Hasselhoff’s most amazing video of that song. 😂

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PJQVlVHsFF8


188 posted on 02/05/2024 5:14:16 PM PST by Allegra (Less propaganda would be appreciated. )
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To: 21twelve

I hadn’t heard “Take Off” for decades. I had thought that the singer “Geddy Lee” was a woman. I also thought that about the singer of #1 hit “Laughter in the Rain” until I found out “she” was Neil Sedaka.

And EVERYBODY thought that 1960s One Hit Wonder “The Castaways” (Liar, Liar) had a female singer in there.


189 posted on 02/05/2024 5:14:50 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: Responsibility2nd

“Wrecking Crew”

Great documentary. I learned a lot about the music I enjoyed growing up.


190 posted on 02/05/2024 5:17:22 PM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: DallasBiff
Sniff'n the Tears - Driver's Seat
191 posted on 02/05/2024 5:25:06 PM PST by Giuseppe Nova (If you absolutely must have an ex-wife in your life, choose wisely.)
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To: Giuseppe Nova

Diesel - Sausolito Summer Nights


192 posted on 02/05/2024 5:26:42 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: moovova

“The Monkees”

Way underrated. Off now to listen to Day Dream Believer and more.


193 posted on 02/05/2024 5:28:14 PM PST by nomorelurker
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To: DallasBiff
Partridge Family actually had several big radio hits in the early 1970s in addition to "I Think I Love You".

"Woke Up In Love This Morning", "Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted", and "I'll Meet You Halfway" were all smashes in their own right. Of course, studio musicians recorded these over David and Shirley's voices as the kids pretty much couldn't play a note on their instruments.

One of my favorite "one hit wonders" is this one here:

How Do You Do? - Mouth & McNeal (1972)

This was such a happy and innocent song to hear on the radio back in 1972, before we all got a lot more cynical about things.


194 posted on 02/05/2024 5:28:26 PM PST by SamAdams76 (6,575,474 Truth | 87,429,044 Twitter)
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To: dfwgator
Diesel - Sausolito Summer Nights

BUMP. That song kills. The guitar riff is perfect and doesn't even sound like it's coming from a guitar.

195 posted on 02/05/2024 5:32:45 PM PST by Giuseppe Nova (If you absolutely must have an ex-wife in your life, choose wisely.)
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To: dfwgator

“The Night Chicago Died” describes a battle on the East Side of Chicago in which a group of gangsters led by Al Capone staged an insurrection that killed about 100 police. I once drove through Chicago’s East Side, unaware that I was driving through a battlefield.


196 posted on 02/05/2024 5:35:57 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: HerrBlucher
96 tears by ? And the Mysterians

From 1966--it got lots of airplay in the late summer of that year on Boss Radio 93 KHJ.

197 posted on 02/05/2024 5:38:47 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: George from New England

‘98.6” by Keith was a hit at the end of 1966. It is said that Keith was drafted into the military shortly afterwards, which ended his career.


198 posted on 02/05/2024 5:41:52 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: DallasBiff

10cc - I’m Not in Love

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=STugQ0X1NoI


199 posted on 02/05/2024 5:55:07 PM PST by Allegra (Less propaganda would be appreciated. )
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To: Dr. Sivana

I am remiss for not reading further. My definition of “one-hit-wonder” is someone you never hear from again. For me, because I always listened to entire albums looking for new music, there weren’t as many people that I never heard from again. It would have had to be someone I wasn’t interested in...


200 posted on 02/05/2024 5:56:04 PM PST by xoxox
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