Posted on 09/25/2024 3:03:42 PM PDT by week 71
Music enthusiasts who prefer one-hit wonders over frequently-played radio hits can smile now National One-Hit Wonder Day is here.
Several X users have listed their favorite ones in honor of the day, most of which were released between the 1980s and 2010s.
Chart-topping hits like Gotye's 'Somebody I Used to Know' and Aqua's 'Barbie Girl' are just two of the many songs that were the top one-hit wonders
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It depends on how you define “hit”, but some of those aren’t one hit wonders. “Barbie Girl” may have been their only hit in the U.S., but they had other hits in other countries. That’s probably the case with some of the other groups in that article, too.
Both got lots of airplay on Boss Radio 93 KHJ.
That’s where I first heard Turn Down Day, as I went through the KHJ sound checks, I didn’t remember it as a kid.
Kind of like “Love Fool” by The Cardigans.
Too bad SunkenCiv did not vote.
But I will be a pinch hitter, take a swing and probably a big miss
Bangles, Walk Like an Egyptian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vth-T1u7A58
but wow the big hair they had back in the ancient old days
Susannah Hoffs is still gorgeous today.
One hit for that band, but just the beginning for Paul Rogers
Another one I heard from KHJ
The Winstons - Color Him Father.
The B-Side was “Amen, Brother”, which had the famous “Amen Break”, probably the most sampled drum break ever.
I remember songs from back in the 1950s and 1960s.
One eyed one horned flying purple people eater.
Leader of the Laundramat.
Sukiyaki.
I’ll go way back in time for mine-—”Susie Darlin’” by Robin Luke.
https://youtu.be/M8Cavg-B-Vw?si=l26dC3OT3KDRi2ZG
“Money” was a hit in the U.S. too, wasn’t it?
From Houston, Texas
Tighten Up - Archie Bell And The Drells
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wro3bqi4Eb8
It’s not “They’re Coming to Take Me Away” ????
Thanks. A very positive tune. Much appreciated.
Yep. Nothing comes close.
Radar Love - Golden Earring
Is that the one?
And it’s a teenage sadness
Everyone has got to taste.
An in-between age madness
That you know you can’t erase
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