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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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To: Allegra

10cc also had The Things We Do For Love.


201 posted on 02/05/2024 5:56:10 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DallasBiff
I don't think I saw this one listed:

Beautiful Sunday by Daniel Boone

The song was a hit in 1972 but the video was done in 1996. That's why everything other than the song seems like the 1990s but I really liked the crowd enthusiasm in this video.

202 posted on 02/05/2024 6:31:03 PM PST by CommerceComet ("You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case, the government forgets the first." Rush Limbaugh )
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To: DallasBiff

Thunder Island by Jay Ferguson


203 posted on 02/05/2024 6:32:28 PM PST by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: Fledermaus

I think Sweet also had “Foxy Fox on the Run”.


204 posted on 02/05/2024 6:38:32 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: dfwgator

1968 or 1969. They played some Tommy songs and it was very thin sounding, which is your raw. Roger was hyperactive, with plenty of microphone tossing, to try to make up for this. Boring shyte!


205 posted on 02/05/2024 6:40:55 PM PST by dennisw (Be positive. Every day is a new day!)
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To: Col Frank Slade

Albert Hammond - It never rains in Southern California.
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With all the rain California is getting, I’ve been humming this song. It pours, man it pours.


206 posted on 02/05/2024 6:47:50 PM PST by BarbM (Men who look at porn are impotent for God.)
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To: dfwgator; Giuseppe Nova
Sniff'n the Tears - Driver's Seat, Diesel - Sausolito Summer Nights.

Two of my favorite songs. I have those and a ton of other songs on a USB stick in my car stereo.

207 posted on 02/05/2024 6:58:41 PM PST by CtBigPat (There are people in this world who would kill you for a dollar, and the worst wear business suites. )
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To: Fledermaus

Afternoon Delight by Starland Vocal Band
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One summer I may or may not have made out with Ben Nater all summer long listening to that song. He was not the best kisser, but it beat being bored.


208 posted on 02/05/2024 7:05:00 PM PST by BarbM (Men who look at porn are impotent for God.)
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To: DallasBiff
M - Pop Muzik
209 posted on 02/05/2024 7:05:53 PM PST by CtBigPat (There are people in this world who would kill you for a dollar, and the worst wear business suites. )
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To: xoxox
there weren’t as many people that I never heard from again.

Especially in the era of MTV. DEVO counts as a One Hit Wonder ("Whip It!"), but EVERYone knows them for other songs as well (Freedom of choice, for instance) and their videos had high production values and earned heavy rotation ("Love without Anger" cracked me up, with stop motion Barbie chucking things at Ken before ripping his head off).
210 posted on 02/05/2024 7:09:51 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: DallasBiff

American Pie shouldn’t count - Don McLean had some other hits.

Brandy is a true one-hit wonder and is a favorite of mine - brings back memories when I hear it. And Looking Glass never had anything else close to a hit.


211 posted on 02/05/2024 7:36:08 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: DallasBiff

I don’t recall Looking Glass ever having another radio hit aside from “Brandy”. Unless one of their other recordings got airplay in the UK or something.


212 posted on 02/05/2024 7:38:23 PM PST by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: CtBigPat; dfwgator

Thumbs up. They’re both great driving tunes.


213 posted on 02/05/2024 7:52:48 PM PST by Giuseppe Nova (If you absolutely must have an ex-wife in your life, choose wisely.)
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To: Fledermaus

“Ballroom Blitz”?

The Sweet

They had “Love is Like Oxygen” also


214 posted on 02/05/2024 8:07:26 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (I'm a nationalist. I'm white. How does that make me racist?)
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To: Fledermaus
Baroom Blitz

Ballroom Blitz + Fox on the Run + Love is Like Oxygen. Radio may only play Ballroom NOW. But Sweet was cool.
215 posted on 02/05/2024 8:18:28 PM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: Blue Collar Christian
They had “Love is Like Oxygen” also

And “Fox on the Run” to me is their best.
216 posted on 02/05/2024 8:19:47 PM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: Tijeras_Slim
I think Sweet also had “Foxy Fox on the Run”.

Nice to see people sticking up for Sweet. They rocked my Walkman back in the day.
217 posted on 02/05/2024 8:21:57 PM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: Dr. Sivana
Especially in the era of MTV. DEVO counts as a One Hit Wonder ("Whip It!"), but EVERYone knows them for other songs as well (Freedom of choice, for instance) and their videos had high production values and earned heavy rotation ("Love without Anger" cracked me up, with stop motion Barbie chucking things at Ken before ripping his head off).

Uncontrollable Urge is their best, and I just heard it used in a recent commercial.

218 posted on 02/05/2024 8:33:18 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: mmichaels1970

All these nice thoughts about Sweet. Now I’m really pissed I passed on seeing them a month ago.


219 posted on 02/05/2024 10:03:47 PM PST by gnickgnack2 (They’re pushing us because they want us to push back. Then comes martial law. They see it as a win-w)
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To: mmichaels1970

Yes.


220 posted on 02/05/2024 10:19:13 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (I'm a nationalist. I'm white. How does that make me racist?)
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