Your favorite 1-hit wonder song

[Nadme]

Mine is "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred.

The original (1991) version.

[novaderrik]

"Nobody Hears" by Suicidal Tendencies. it was their only real top 40 "hit" song.
give it a listen- it's grrrrreat!.

[torque of the town]

"Something in the air" Thunderclap newman.

[orionjim]

"For What It's Worth" - Buffalo Springfield

And for What It's Worth - here are links to each of the songs on youtube:

"I'm Too Sexy" - Right Said Fred
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q75gREOjyFI

"Nobody Hears" - Suicidal Tendencies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AMwUdOA4zI

"Something in the air" - Thunderclap Newman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pGht71KFkY

For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJV44YV69z0&NR=1

Jim

[MentalAvenger]

I thought that “one hit wonder” referred to a person or group that only recorded one song, or had only one song that anyone remembers.

[orionjim]

I thought that “one hit wonder” referred to a person or group that only recorded one song, or had only one song that anyone remembers.

Oooops! My mistake.

Jim

[mike alexander]

'Manhattan Spiritual'. Reg Owen, late 50's.

[KaiYeves]

I don't know if it counts, but my favorite song that nobody else has heard of is Where the Dream Takes You, which plays during the credits of Atlantis: The Lost Empire, my favorite movie that nobody else has heard of.

[Nadme]

I don't know if it counts

I started this thread and I say it does count. :)

but my favorite song that nobody else has heard of is Where the Dream Takes You, which plays during the credits of Atlantis: The Lost Empire, my favorite movie that nobody else has heard of.

I've never heard of either. :shifty:

[Gillianren]

I have a friend who disagrees with my standards of one-hit-wonderdom. He says that if the band/artist kept performing and putting out more albums that people had heard of, they don't count. I follow the stricter definition that they must have had only one hit; there must be one song that was really popular, and any other songs were far, far lower on the charts.

In that vein--Sinead O'Connor and "Nothing Compares 2 U," even though it has awful Prince spelling. (Yes, he wrote that song.)

However, in my friend's broader sense, "867-5309 (Jenny)," by Tommy Tutone. The number is currenlty a fax machine at my alma mater in the 360 area code.

[Hydro]

"Fooled Around and Fell In Love" by Elvin Bishop

[Frantic Freddie]

However, in my friend's broader sense, "867-5309 (Jenny," by Tommy Tutone. The number is currenlty a fax machine at my alma mater in the 360 area code.

That song is the reason all phone numbers in movies,TV.etc... are now 555-XXXX.

One of my favorite one hit wonder tunes is "Never Been Any Reason" by Head East.

[Kaptain K]

"In the year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus)"
By Zager and Evans.

"More Today than Yesterday"
By Spiral Staircase.

"My Baby Loves Lovin'"
By White Plains.

"Reach Out of the Darkness"
By Friend and Lover.

"Smoke of a distant fire"
By Sandford Townsend Band

[KaiYeves]

I've never heard of either.
And yet I consider it one of the finest Disney animated movies ever.

[clop]

Mmm good one.

Saturday Night by Whigfield

Video Killed The Radio Star by The Buggles

Where Do You Go To My Lovely? by Peter Sarstedt

I like one hit wonders. They are always less formulaic.

clop

edit: I've just realised that no sane person would consider Saturday Night unformulaic, but I'm safe with the others.

[Occam]

Spirit In The Sky by Norman Greenbaum. Gospel nonsense but a great guitar riff.

[peteshimmon]

Mozart 40, Waldo de los Rios (hope thats right)
about 1970. Good material apparently.

Its Good News Week, Hedgehoppers Anonymous.
1966 I think.

[Parrothead]

Aside from the fact that location/geography may play a part in what is considered a "one hit wonder", not to mention music genre. The first one, well two, as I usually heard these songs played together in a set, that came to mind are:

"I Like Chopin" - Gazebo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-_6J03UCxs

"Dolce Vita" - Ryan Paris

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVAOwy8wsXQ

[KaiYeves]

Atlantis: The Lost Empire gets 306,000 Google hits.
That's better than "Atlantis Shuttle", which returns only 219,000.

[Donnie B.]

You know, this is actually hard. I have a couple songs in mind, but the bands in question each had another hit.

I'll list them anyway. They're both beautifully-crafted pop songs from the "two-and-a-half-minute hit" era.

Red Rubber Ball -- The Cyrkle
Walk Away Renee -- Left Banke

[Donnie B.]

I don't know if it counts, but my favorite song that nobody else has heard of is Where the Dream Takes You, which plays during the credits of Atlantis: The Lost Empire, my favorite movie that nobody else has heard of.
I guess I'm Nobody Else, then. I saw it in the theater on first release. Michael J. Fox voiced the main character.

[KaiYeves]

I guess I'm Nobody Else, then. I saw it in the theater on first release. Michael J. Fox voiced the main character.
Yup, Milo Thatch is my favorite Disney hero, because he's a nerd, an archeologist, and he doesn't give up.

[hhEb09'1]

I have a friend who disagrees with my standards of one-hit-wonderdom. He says that if the band/artist kept performing and putting out more albums that people had heard of, they don't count. I follow the stricter definition that they must have had only one hit; there must be one song that was really popular, and any other songs were far, far lower on the charts.If I understand your friend's position rightly, it would seem to me that he has the stricter definition--his definition allows fewer claimants to the title of "one hit wonder", right?"Fooled Around and Fell In Love" by Elvin BishopAs much as I like Pigboy Crabshaw, I'm going to have to say that he don't fit the category. Like Buffalo Springfield, he was a member of other groups that had hits--the Paul Butterfield Blues Band recorded Mary, Mary before the Monkees, and that album is on the Rolling Stone top what? 30? 50? of all time.That song is the reason all phone numbers in movies,TV.etc... are now 555-XXXX.Movies had 555 numbers long before that song.
One of my favorite one hit wonder tunes is "Never Been Any Reason" by Head East.First song my wife and I danced to. Just a second, gotta go kiss her. Thanks! :)

[MentalAvenger]

99 Luftballons (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQYQTFudrqc)by Nena

I Don’t Like Mondays (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POl4vFp-5os) by the Boomtown Rats

[Lord Jubjub]

"Carmen" by Georges Bizet

hey, nobody mentioned it had to be in the last 50 years. . .

[Tensor]

My two songs worth:

Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)- Reunion (Although technically, the lead singer was with Ohio Express)

Come on Eileen-Dexy's Midnight Runners

[Doodler]

"Nobody Hears" by Suicidal Tendencies. it was their only real top 40 "hit" song.
give it a listen- it's grrrrreat!.

Always liked "Send Me Your Money" more. Should have gone places with that one.

[Matherly]

I guess I'm Nobody Else, then. I saw it in the theater on first release. Michael J. Fox voiced the main character.

I did as well. Movie w/ Claudia Christian FTW!

[Bearded One]

Starland Vocal Band and "Afternoon Delight". I don't believe anything else they sang even made the charts :(

[Cougar]

What is wrong with you people? Of course the best one-hit wonder song is The Monster Mash (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0thH3qnHTbI) by Bobby 'Boris' Pickett (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Pickett) and the Cryptkickers!

Well, maybe I just feel that way since I went on a whirlwind tour with Pickett as his keyboardist back in the 70s. Yes, I was a Cryptkicker... :razz:

[SeanF]

Wall of Voodoo's "Mexican Radio"
Katrina & the Waves' "Walking on Sunshine"

I have a friend who disagrees with my standards of one-hit-wonderdom. He says that if the band/artist kept performing and putting out more albums that people had heard of, they don't count. I follow the stricter definition that they must have had only one hit; there must be one song that was really popular, and any other songs were far, far lower on the charts.
Your friend's definition may be too strict, but I think yours is too loose. By your definition, the Grateful Dead would qualify as a one-hit wonder for "Touch of Grey."

[Kaptain K]

What is wrong with you people? Of course the best one-hit wonder song is The Monster Mash (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0thH3qnHTbI) by Bobby 'Boris' Pickett (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Pickett) and the Cryptkickers!

Well, maybe I just feel that way since I went on a whirlwind tour with Pickett as his keyboardist back in the 70s. Yes, I was a Cryptkicker... :razz:
Was that the tour where the bus broke down in the middle of the night and somebody got out and found a sign that said the next town was Frankenstein, Missouri?

[GeorgeLeRoyTirebiter]

"Time Has Come Today" - The Chambers Brothers

"Israelites" - Desmond Dekker and the Aces (proto-reggae!)

[EndeavorRX7]

"Carmen" by Georges Bizet

hey, nobody mentioned it had to be in the last 50 years. . .

Being a classical music listener, I have to correct you on this one. Carmen is an entire Bizet Opera. It is however his most known work. For specific pieces within Carmen, it would have to be Habanera and The Toreador Song. Nice suggestion though.

[EndeavorRX7]

"Dolce Vita" - Ryan Paris




"Dolce Vita" - Kristian Conde (better song IMO)

[novaderrik]

Always liked "Send Me Your Money" more. Should have gone places with that one.
but it wasn't a "hit"- it only ever got played on Headbanger's Ball. "Nobody Hears" was just catchy enough to get a few week's worth of daytime airplay on both MTV AND top 40 radio, and they tried to play "I'll Hate you Better" on radio and MTV as their next single after it had run it's course, but it didn't "take" with the general public, even tho it tells a great story about getting along with people and other hippy peace love child things.
but i really, really wish "You Can't Bring Me Down" would have broken huge.. the radio edit would have been humorous, to say the least..
Suicidal Tendencies is one of the greatest bands that never broke huge like they should have- i think people get scared away by their name and won't give them a chance.

[MentalAvenger]

Sukiyaki (http://utubes.org/viewvideo.php?id=TVIddibrWAM) by Kyu Sakamoto

AFAIK, Kyu Sakamoto was a businessman who only sang this one song, so it really is a one hit wonder. BTW, I sing this song in perfect Japanese just as it is sung in the video.

[astromark]

Afternoon delight and Something in the air... fit the bill for me, and Mini Rippertons 'Loving You' I would add. Wow this could get big.

[Donnie B.]

Wall of Voodoo's "Mexican Radio"
Huh. I always thought their best-known song was their cover of "Ring of Fire".

Katrina & the Waves' "Walking on Sunshine"
Good selection!

[Cougar]

Was that the tour where the bus broke down in the middle of the night and somebody got out and found a sign that said the next town was Frankenstein, Missouri?
I don't remember. :o Could have been. We were in a big bus/motorhome, and we played in Missouri. [no applicable smilie]

[Gillianren]

Your friend's definition may be too strict, but I think yours is too loose. By your definition, the Grateful Dead would qualify as a one-hit wonder for "Touch of Grey."

Yes. Yes, they do. Now, I give the Dead and Jimi Hendrix and such a separate category in my head, but the fact is, they only had one hit. I'll also note that many people considered one-hit wonders in the US are actually not in other countries. Akin, in my opinion, to the Barenaked Ladies winning a Best New Artist Grammy after having four hit albums in Canada.

[danscope]

" Bump bump........tainted love....got to ......dunn...dunnn get away...."

Soft Cell . Never heard from them again.... :)

I think Thunderclap Neuman ...."Something in the air"
and Walk away renee were my favourites. Well picked.

Best regards, Dan

[soylentgreen]

"I Eat Cannibals" - TOTO COELO
:dance: FTW!

"I Eat Cannibals" on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fde5PWRI6qE)

[SpecialEd]

Mountain's "Mississippi Queen." 1970. Ten years later half the stuff on the radio sounded like it. No wonder it was their only big hit-they were a decade ahead of their time.

[hhEb09'1]

Yes. I take that as agreement that yours is the broader definition :)Yes, they do. Now, I give the Dead and Jimi Hendrix and such a separate category in my head, but the fact is, they only had one hit. You're focussing on the "one hit" part, but the "wonder" is that they had a hit at all! :)

In the case of the Dead and Jimi, people wonder why they didn't have more :)

[Kaptain K]

In the case of the Dead and Jimi, people wonder why they didn't have more
In Jimi's case, it's case of being cut down before he really got started. :(

As for The Dead, what they did live did not translate to the studio. Every show was unique. They never had a "set list". Nobody, including the band, new what they were going to play until they played it! They didn't even know which song they were going to start the show with until they got on stage and somebody started "noodling" and the others joined in. Zappa did this occasionally, but for The Dead it was SOP!

[steve000]

"She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)" by Carl Carlton..
(Can't remember the tune but liked the song title ..)

Just When I Needed You Most... by Randy Vanwarmer - worth a mention probably better catargorized under silly artist's names

Jilted John by Jilted john

[jumbo]

Katrina & the Waves' "Walking on Sunshine"
Katrina was a 2 hit wonder. Years after that, 1997 IIRC she won the Eurovison song contest and had a number 1 single with "Love shine a light"

Akin, in my opinion, to the Barenaked Ladies winning a Best New Artist Grammy after having four hit albums in Canada.
BNL are known here only for "one week" they do have a loyal following though. My other half is a biiiiig fan so ive seen them 4 times. The thing is it means ive never been further back than the second row. I ven ended up with a pick from one show which was a nice souvenier.

If its hit singles then Pink floyd are one hit wonders despite their album success. They released few singles and they had limited succes. They only had 1 UK number 1 and that was the 1979 christmas number 1 with "Another brick in the wall part 2" (It means the christmas number 1 in the year of my birth eschewed the tradition of being mind numbingly awful!)

My 1 hit wonder: The New Radicals.
"You only get what you give" was his big song (It really was the work of 1 guy) The album "Maybe you've been brainwashed too" seems to divide opinion but for me its one of the best albums of its type ever made. I got it in my final year of uni and it reminds me of those times. It just seems like a sun drenched endless summer of a record. Fantastic stuff.

[Hydro]

I don't remember. :o Could have been. We were in a big bus/motorhome, and we played in Missouri. [no applicable smilie]

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g273/mihoba/hombre.gif

[hhEb09'1]

In Jimi's case, it's case of being cut down before he really got started. :(OK yeah 28? that's bad, but he did have an album hit #1 in the US, right? Let's see, the album before that hit #3, and before that, #5. That's not the footprint of a one hit wonder

[mfumbesi]

I've never heard of either. :shifty:
Not only do I know the movie, but I've probably watched it a 100 time (I have a six year old son). My favourate character is the Mole.

Back on OP:
Milli Vanilla I'm gona miss you is my one hit favourate group.(Yes I know about the lip-synch debacles and The Real Milli Vanilla let down)

[Paul Beardsley]

Jilted John by Jilted john
You beat me to it!

In the late 80s, I went with my then girlfriend to stay at her sister's place for the weekend. Soon after arriving, the sister apologised for the mess and explained she had had to sack her cleaner because he was useless. She then mentioned in passing that the cleaner had been the drummer in Jilted John.

[Parrothead]

Oooh, I forgot about Pigbag. I don't think they had another hit other than "Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag", at least not around here (that I know of).

A couple of my favourite canadian one-hit wonder groups:

Blue Peter - the only song of theirs that charted was "Don't Walk Past", though I prefer other songs such as "Video Verite", "Radio Silence", "Around You", "Unchained Heart". Back in the day, they were opening for the likes of The Jam, Boomtown Rats and were on the bill for one of the three Police Picnic concerts, in Toronto. I was so happy when their entire catalogue of albums and EP's were remastered on three CDs, last year. :)

Trans-X - ok, only a few singles were released, "Living On Video" being the biggest hit, though I prefer "Message On The Radio" and "3D Dance".

Rational Youth - I love their Cold War Night Life album. Their biggest hits being "Saturdays In Silesia" and "Dancing On The Berlin Wall". If they charted at all, it would have been on electronic/dance/club charts in Canada. Apparently, they had some success in parts of Europe and Scandinavia, no idea if the songs charted there.

[SeanF]

Katrina was a 2 hit wonder. Years after that, 1997 IIRC she won the Eurovison song contest and had a number 1 single with "Love shine a light"
That probably ties into Gillian's comment about one-hit wonders being unique to countries. I'll bet Nena had plenty of hits in Germany, but "99 Luftballons" was pretty much it for her in the States.

I wonder if Falco's original version of "Der Komissar" ever charted in the US, or if he would qualify as a one-hit wonder here, too?

And on the other side:
Back on OP:
Milli Vanilla I'm gona miss you is my one hit favourate group.(Yes I know about the lip-synch debacles and The Real Milli Vanilla let down)
Milli Vanilli had more hits in the US. "Blame it on the Rain," for example.

[Parrothead]

After The Fire had a hit with "Der Kommissar", as well.

[Argos]

Sunday Morning, by Bolshoi.

[Disinfo Agent]

Oh, there are so many! Here are just a few:

"What I am" by Eddie Brickell and the New Bohemians

"Stay (I Missed You)" by Lisa Loeb

"Stop" by Sam Brown

"Wonderful Life" by Black

[farmerjumperdon]

Seems like the toughest part would be to agree on the definition of one-hit wonder. It appears at least one person feels it has to make #1 on some chart or another. Others think there can be no other "hits."

So to start with, what constitutes a hit? Gotta be #1? Top 10? Top 100? Just at some point in time, or in sales for the year? Or maybe by volume they've sold X number of a single or album, but no other release sold more than Y.

As asides; Falco's Rock Me Amadeus & Der Kommisar definitely eliminates him from the category, same for The Grateful Dead with Truckin' & Alabama Getaway, and for La Dolce Vita - can't beat Oingo Boingo.

What I find at least as fascinating as the one-hit artists is the large number of great sounding musicians that never even get known beyond small local or special interest followings - - stuff like Burning Sensations, Tonio K, Flamin Ohs, etc.

[closetgeek]

Are you a Suicidal Tendencies fan? You may appreciate this little tale and I swear it is all true;

A few years back, my five year old son did something stupid which in response, his doctor felt it would be wise to admit him into a temporary emotional stabilization unit (a short term mental institution). I was standing outside with him, awaiting the boards final decision when a delivery truck pulled up. He saw the truck and began complaining that he was thirsty and grew aggitated when I told him there was a water fountain right inside the door. He protested claiming water makes him thirsty and he wanted a drink from the delivery truck, which happened to be Pepsi. I could not get him to understand that they were just delivering to the soda machines, to which we did not have access at the time and water was his only choice. Low and behold it did turn into a small but controllable tantrum. Maybe I am twisted for seeing the humor in that situation but hey, if you can't laugh...

Complete lyrics removed. Sorry, that's a copyright violation, but you can find them here. (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/s/suicidal+tendencies/institutionalized_20286166.html)
- ToSeek, BAUT Forum moderator

"Nobody Hears" by Suicidal Tendencies. it was their only real top 40 "hit" song.
give it a listen- it's grrrrreat!.

[Disinfo Agent]

I wonder if Falco's original version of "Der Komissar" ever charted in the US, or if he would qualify as a one-hit wonder here, too?It looks like the US missed out on Falco's best song of all, "Jeanny"!

[mahesh]

'Baker Street!' .......for me.

[peteshimmon]

Tokyo Melody, 1964, was nice. For the Olympics.

[SeanF]

As asides; Falco's Rock Me Amadeus & Der Kommisar definitely eliminates him from the category, same for The Grateful Dead with Truckin' & Alabama Getaway, and for La Dolce Vita - can't beat Oingo Boingo.
"Definitely?" Even after acknowledging the difficulty in defining the word "hit"?

"Truckin'" peaked at number 64, so it's not an unreasonable definition of "hit" to exclude it. :)

FWIW, though, Falco had a top twenty hit in the US with "Vienna Calling," so I wouldn't include him because of that ("Der Kommissar" was not a hit for him in the US).

Missed this before:
My 1 hit wonder: The New Radicals.
"You only get what you give" was his big song (It really was the work of 1 guy) The album "Maybe you've been brainwashed too" seems to divide opinion but for me its one of the best albums of its type ever made. I got it in my final year of uni and it reminds me of those times. It just seems like a sun drenched endless summer of a record. Fantastic stuff.
With Archie Bunker's niece on background vocals and percussion! :)

[pzkpfw]

"Groove is in the heart", Dee Light.

(First to mind, but there are others. This dates from when I was dating my wife.)

[Gillianren]

By my standards, in order to qualify as a "hit," it must be in the Top 10 on whatever chart they use in your country (in the US, it's Billboard); if your subsequent material doesn't reach it, you're a one-hit wonder. As I've said, this is why one-hit-wonderdom doesn't really cross national borders. ("Mickey," by Toni Basil? I think it's her only song.)

I'll also note that I hate several of the songs other people have listed as their favourites. Taste is a funny thing, isn't it?

[Trantor]

"Children of the Sun" by Billy Thorpe.

I know Thorpe had a few other albums, but this is the only song that I ever heard by him on the radio. I also heard that some of the soundtrack from Star Trek Next Generation was done by Billy Thorpe.

[Lord Jubjub]

"Music Box Dancer" by Frank Mills.

I don't think anything else by him has come close to being heard, let alone reaching #2 (right behind King Tut).

[Parrothead]

Just wondering, I played a promo album I got from the radio station I listened to, through the 80's. Isn't the group Flash & the Pan considered a one-hit wonder somewhere, with their song "Waiting For A Train" ?

[Kaptain K]

Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
By Rupert Holmes

Timothy
By The Bouys,
which coincidently was written by Rupert Holmes!

[novaderrik]

how about a song that should have been a hit-
Scatterbrain's "Don't call me Dude" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEr8SYqTc3s).

[Nadme]

What is wrong with you people? Of course the best one-hit wonder song is The Monster Mash (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0thH3qnHTbI) by Bobby 'Boris' Pickett (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Pickett) and the Cryptkickers!

You're RIGHT! :doh:

Well, maybe I just feel that way since I went on a whirlwind tour with Pickett as his keyboardist back in the 70s. Yes, I was a Cryptkicker... :razz:

Cool! :D

[drainbread]

I refuse to listen to "top 40" radio, I have zero idea on whats popular let alone 1 hit wonders.

Just because something is popular doesn't mean it's good.

[steve000]

This ones good :dance:

video killed the radio star - the buggles



Is that 1 ok ? :)

[3.885AM]

Sally Go 'Round The Roses
By the Jaynetts, 1963

[EndeavorRX7]

This probably one of the only places on earth where someone can start a thread on 1 hit wonders and a discussion on what the definition of 1 hit is ensues. Freakin' hilarious.

Stray Cats - Rock this Town

[closetgeek]

Agreed, but it always makes me crave Miller...or is it Bud?

From the 70's, I don't know if Warren Zevon is a one hit wonder but Werewolves of London is the only song I know.

From the 80's it's either Take On Me - Aha:dance:
or Who's Behind the Door from Zebra. Show of hands...who's heard of Zebra?

From the 90's Mmmm from Crash Test Dummies....oh come on I can't be the only person on the planet that bought the CD.

I haven't liked anything that has come out of this decade...:mad:

Spirit In The Sky by Norman Greenbaum. Gospel nonsense but a great guitar riff.

[Kaptain K]

This probably one of the only places on earth where someone can start a thread on 1 hit wonders and a discussion on what the definition of 1 hit is ensues. Freakin' hilarious.

Stray Cats - Rock this Town

One hit???

How about "Stray Cat Strut"???

[closetgeek]

In Jimi's case, it's case of being cut down before he really got started. :(

As for The Dead, what they did live did not translate to the studio. Every show was unique. They never had a "set list". Nobody, including the band, new what they were going to play until they played it! They didn't even know which song they were going to start the show with until they got on stage and somebody started "noodling" and the others joined in. Zappa did this occasionally, but for The Dead it was SOP!

Not sure what SOP means, but it sounds like a positive. If you are into that style of jam, and for some reason, have not heard of them before, may I recommend the Derek Trucks Band.

[closetgeek]

Katrina was a 2 hit wonder. Years after that, 1997 IIRC she won the Eurovison song contest and had a number 1 single with "Love shine a light"


BNL are known here only for "one week" they do have a loyal following though. My other half is a biiiiig fan so ive seen them 4 times. The thing is it means ive never been further back than the second row. I ven ended up with a pick from one show which was a nice souvenier.

If its hit singles then Pink floyd are one hit wonders despite their album success. They released few singles and they had limited succes. They only had 1 UK number 1 and that was the 1979 christmas number 1 with "Another brick in the wall part 2" (It means the christmas number 1 in the year of my birth eschewed the tradition of being mind numbingly awful!)

My 1 hit wonder: The New Radicals.
"You only get what you give" was his big song (It really was the work of 1 guy) The album "Maybe you've been brainwashed too" seems to divide opinion but for me its one of the best albums of its type ever made. I got it in my final year of uni and it reminds me of those times. It just seems like a sun drenched endless summer of a record. Fantastic stuff.

I have to stop you there, maybe I am hypersensitive to criticisms of The Floyd but they were never really a single driven band as most of the songs on their albums tied into one another. They would actively work against being acknowledged by a particular song by refusing to play the one's the crowd screamed for. Oh how times have changed :cry:, The last three times I have been to a Floyd or Waters show, every single one closed with Comfortably Numb.

[EndeavorRX7]

One hit???

How about "Stray Cat Strut"???

Is that a song or did you make that up? Never heard of it so it can't be a hit lol, j/k. I'll have to look that one up to see if it was a hit. If it is, then my contribution will be used on any future 2 hit wonders. Hmmm....I smell a new thread coming lol.

[dgavin]

Mine would be "Suffocate" by Cold (they broke up last year)

[Kaptain K]

Not sure what SOP means, but it sounds like a positive. If you are into that style of jam, and for some reason, have not heard of them before, may I recommend the Derek Trucks Band.

SOP - Standard Operating Procedure

the Derek Trucks Band

Hmm. A little bit of a generation gap here. I prefer the music of his father's band, The Allman Brothers Band!

[Kaptain K]

Harden My Heart
by Quarterflash

Popcorn
By Hot butter

Seven and Seven Is
By Love

[danscope]

Sally Go 'Round The Roses
By the Jaynetts, 1963

Good call... and a great song . Always enjoyed that one.
Best regards, Dan

[closetgeek]

That's funny, I couldn't see anyone liking The Allman Bros and not liking Derek Trucks. That's taste for ya. The sad thing is when I saw the Allman Bros, I went along to fill the empty seat. All I knew from them was Ramblin Man and didn't care for it. I got nothing out of the show. Years later I befriend a die hard Derek Trucks fan who also formerly introduced me to The Allman Brothers and now I want nothing more than to see them live again.
BTW Butch is Dereks father?
SOP - Standard Operating Procedure

the Derek Trucks Band

Hmm. A little bit of a generation gap here. I prefer the music of his father's band, The Allman Brothers Band!

[Kaptain K]

Butch is Dereks father?
My bad! Butch is Derek's uncle!
Derek not only fronts his own band, but is also a member of The Allman Brothers!

PS I did not say i didn't like Derek or his band, I do. It's as I said, a generation gap thing. I (generally) prefer the music of my generation.

[jumbo]

Oh i wasnt really critiscising Pink Floyd. Im a big fan.
What i was saying was in terms of singles they didnt get many into chart positions. Mainly because after 'Point me to the sky' they didnt release another single in the UK until Another Brick in the Wall part 2 which was their only no1 single. They certainly were an album oriented band.

From the 80's it's either Take On Me - Aha
Thats another good example of a 1 hit wonder not being so elsewhere. 'The sun always shines on tv' also got to number 1 in the UK. they also recorded the bond theme tune for 'The living Daylights' i can remember how well that did but do recall hearing it so it wasnt too obscure.

[closetgeek]

Oh i wasnt really critiscising Pink Floyd. Im a big fan.
What i was saying was in terms of singles they didnt get many into chart positions. Mainly because after 'Point me to the sky' they didnt release another single in the UK until Another Brick in the Wall part 2 which was their only no1 single. They certainly were an album oriented band.


:doh: K reading your post a second time leaves me baffled over how I concluded that you were originally saying that all other Pink Floyd songs were mindnumbingly aweful. The opinion, I could understand as I shared a room with my sister, who had a particular distain for the overall sound. I was just arguing that the reason they didn't have many number 1's had more to do with compilation rather than the general population viewing them as mindnumbingly aweful. Regardless, my bad.


My bad! Butch is Derek's uncle!
Derek not only fronts his own band, but is also a member of The Allman Brothers!

Oh, okay, I am not big on knowing a lot about a bands history and fanfare and such, I just can't think of how many times, in passing, I may have mentioned Derek Trucks being Butches nephew and I was getting a little hot in the face. BTW, the Allman Brothers featuring Derek Trucks version of Layla is my absolute favorite to date.

[ktesibios]

Two that were burned into my brain during my misspent youth running sound on the Delaware Valley cover club circuit:

"Right Here Right Now"- Jesus Jones
"Keep Your Hands to Yourself"- the Georgia Satellites

[SeanF]

Is that a song or did you make that up? Never heard of it so it can't be a hit lol, j/k. I'll have to look that one up to see if it was a hit. If it is, then my contribution will be used on any future 2 hit wonders. Hmmm....I smell a new thread coming lol.
In the US, "Stray Cat Strut" (#3) was actually a bigger hit than "Rock This Town" (#9). The Stray Cats had another Top 10 hit (in the US) with "(She's) Sexy + 17" a couple years later.

[Gillianren]

"One Night in Bangkok," by Murray Head--from the musical Chess?

[Kaptain K]

I can't believe that nobody (including me) mentioned Bad Day by Daniel Powter! Without American Idol, he would have been a zero hit non-wonder!

[EndeavorRX7]

Ready For The World - Oh Sheila

[Parrothead]

From the 90's Mmmm from Crash Test Dummies....oh come on I can't be the only person on the planet that bought the CD.



I only have their earlier The Ghosts That Haunt Me CD with songs like: "Coming Back Soon (The Bereft Man's Song)", "Superman's Song" and others. Don't know how their later cover of XTC's "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" did elsewhere, but IIRC it hit #1, here in Canada.

[Gillianren]

I can't believe that nobody (including me) mentioned Bad Day by Daniel Powter! Without American Idol, he would have been a zero hit non-wonder!

I've never heard it; I assiduously avoid anything having to do with American Idol.

[Kaptain K]

I've never heard it; I assiduously avoid anything having to do with American Idol.

Two years ago it was the exit song for those voted off.

It is now a staple on the "easy listening" and "soft rock" stations,

[jrkeller]

The Macarena by Los Del Rio

Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice

Rapper's Delight by Sugarhill Gang

She Blinded Me With Science by Thomas Dolby

Too Shy by Kajagoogoo (a favorite of my sister)

[Noclevername]

My favorite song was a no-hit wonder. Unfortunately, I've never heard it.

[sarongsong]

"The Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley. http://www.bautforum.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

(and hereby nominated for BAUT Off-Topic Theme Song---the Grammys are coming, the Grammys are coming... (http://www.grammy.com/http://www.grammy.com/))

[Disinfo Agent]

Thats another good example of a 1 hit wonder not being so elsewhere. 'The sun always shines on tv' also got to number 1 in the UK. they also recorded the bond theme tune for 'The living Daylights' i can remember how well that did but do recall hearing it so it wasnt too obscure.I think it reached nr. 1 in some European countries. A-Ha were definitely no 1-hit wonder in Europe.

[KaiYeves]

I can't believe that nobody (including me) mentioned Bad Day by Daniel Powter! Without American Idol, he would have been a zero hit non-wonder!
I. Hate. That. Song.

[Kaptain K]

Ditto!

[tbm]

How about "Reflections of my life" by The Marmalade?

tbm

[closetgeek]

I only have their earlier The Ghosts That Haunt Me CD with songs like: "Coming Back Soon (The Bereft Man's Song)", "Superman's Song" and others. Don't know how their later cover of XTC's "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" did elsewhere, but IIRC it hit #1, here in Canada.

I think their entire fan base lives only in Canada. The Mmm song only made it to #4 on the charts and it was a quick flash before they were forgotten. I had only heard their other release "Afternoons and Coffee Spoons" played on the radio once, back in the day. Since the early 90's I have been actually teased for not only still having that CD but still listening to it.

[Kaptain K]

American Pie
By Don Mclean

[brianok]

Judy In Disguise (with Glasses)
by
John Fred and His Playboy Band

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_in_Disguise_(With_Glasses)

[Kaptain K]

American Pie
By Don Mclean

Which reminds me:

Chantilly Lace
By J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper)

[Gillianren]

American Pie
By Don Mclean

My copy of the sheet music is signed! (He did a concert in, of all places, Port Angeles, WA, when I was living there; apparently, he has a cousin in Sequim. One of my friends was working lights for the show, and she got him to sign her guitar and her sheet music--and traded copies of the sheet music with me, because, she said, someone had written my name on hers.)

As to the Big Bopper, he might have had another hit if he hadn't, you know, died. I'd have to look it up; did the other two have more than one real hit?

[Donnie B.]

American Pie
By Don Mclean
Not really an OHW, though. Vincent (Starry Starry Night) was also pretty widely played.

I should talk... both my nominations were in the same category.

[Noclevername]

Re: the Big Bopper:
Later that year he scored a second hit, a raucous novelty tune entitled "The Big Bopper's Wedding," in which Richardson pretends to be getting cold feet at the altar.
(Wikipedia)

So Chantilly Lace is the one that's still known today, but it wasn't his only hit.

[Donnie B.]

You know, I was just thinking... maybe we should add a criterion to the definition. One good indication of whether a song is a legitimate "hit" is whether anyone ever bothered to cover it. If not, it was either so forgettable or so quirky that maybe it should be disqualified.

By that measure, my choice of Walk Away Renee would qualify (the Four Tops recorded it, among others) and so would Red Rubber Ball (various artists including Mel Torme).

In researching this I discovered something I never knew about Red Rubber Ball: it was co-written by none other than Paul Simon! The other writer was Bruce Woodley, who was a member of The Seekers. Not surprisingly, The Seekers also recorded the song.

[Kaptain K]

Not really an OHW, though. Vincent (Starry Starry Night) was also pretty widely played.

:doh:

[jumbo]

Beat me to it. Vincent was pretty popular over here.

Its a song i adore though my poor uncoordinated fingers are learning to hate it. Im trying to learn it and its one of my goals as im learning the guitar to do so. However im coming to the conclusion that Don McLean is an alien born with 8 fingers on each hand each having their own little brain. (it cant be my lack of ability at the moment! :) )

[Tensor]

I've never heard it; I assiduously avoid anything having to do with American Idol.

So have I, until this year. I personally know one of the contenstants this year. She graduated from high school with my daughter and I when picking up my daughter after rehearsals, we would give her a ride home .

[fotobits]

"Incense and Peppermints" Strawberry Alarm Clock
"Psychotic Reaction" Count Five
"I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night" Electric Prunes
"Nobody But Me" Human Beinz
"Lies" Knickerbockers
"Time Won't Let Me" Outsiders

[Gillianren]

So have I, until this year. I personally know one of the contenstants this year. She graduated from high school with my daughter and I when picking up my daughter after rehearsals, we would give her a ride home .

That's a legitimate reason. Heck, I'm going to have to get around to watching Unaccompanied Minors at some point for a similar reason.

[Celestial Mechanic]

[Snip!]"I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night" Electric Prunes
[Snip!]
"Time Won't Let Me" Outsiders
Other songs by the above-mentioned groups that charted:

"Get Me to the World On Time" Electric Prunes
"Respectable" Outsiders.

[Celestial Mechanic]

I just thought of this one:

"Pictures of Matchstick Men" Status Quo

This might only be for the United States, through.

[Kaptain K]

"Gimme Dat Ding"
By The Pipkins

A true OHW, as they only had half an album (The Sweet got the other side).

[Disinfo Agent]

I just thought of this one:

"Pictures of Matchstick Men" Status Quo

This might only be for the United States, through.Did Rockin' All Over the World and In the Army Now not make it in the US? Here's their complete discography. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_Quo_discography#Singles)

[Kaptain K]

"96 Tears"
By Question Mark and the Mysterians

"Wipe Out"
By The Surfaries

"Little GTO"
By Ronnie and the Daytonas

"Hey Little Cobra"
By The rip Chords

"Green Tambourine"
By the Lemon Pipers

OK, I think I'm done now

[Paul Beardsley]

I personally know one of the contenstants this year.
The UK equivalent, The X-Factor, featured a brother-sister duo who live very near my old house. I don't know them myself, but one of my students was friends with them. Their act was refreshingly cheesy, and their local-ness added a certain excitement to proceedings.

Not that I watch the programme - I just happen to be in the room when it's on! Honest.

[Kaptain K]

Methinks you put this in the wrong thread! :hand::confused::whistle:

[peteshimmon]

From the mists of time, The Happy Wanderer.
By some cheerful German youngsters I think.

[captain swoop]

Status QUo? One Hit Wonders?

How about
Down Down
Caroline
Honkey Tonk Angels
Down the Dustpipe
In the Army Now
Green Tambourine

[captain swoop]

My fave One hit Wonders

'Semaphore Signals/Whole Wide World' (Double A Side) by Wreckless Eric

'In a Broken Dream' by Python Lee Jackson (Rod Stewart on Vocals)

'Brimfull of Asha' by Cornershop

'Doctorin' the Tardis' by the Timelords

'Turning Japanese' the Vapors

[Celestial Mechanic]

Status Quo? One Hit Wonders?

How about
Down Down
Caroline
Honkey Tonk Angels
Down the Dustpipe
In the Army Now
Green Tambourine
I never heard any of these. I was careful (if you look at my post earlier) to qualify them as probably one-hit wonders in the US only.

[Kaptain K]

Sorry to resurrect a comatose thread (again) but I just heard another one:

Ride Captain Ride by Blues Image

[Romanus]

"Life in a Northern Town", by Dream Academy.

[Nadme]

"Little GTO"
By Ronnie and the Daytonas

"Green Tambourine"
By the Lemon Pipers

Yes! :) And Crimson & Clover

Also Rock the Casbah (1980s tune)

[Kaptain K]

Crimson & Clover is not one hit wonder, unless you are thinking of another band's version.
Tommy James and the Shondells did the original and also had hits with Hanky Panky, I Think We're Alone Now, Mirage, Sweet Cherry Wine, Mony Mony, and Crystal Blue Persuasion.

Rock the Casbah was the only legitimate hit for The Clash, #8 in the U.S.

[tbm]

Dizzy, by Tommy Roe.

I once dated a girl who was related to him somehow.

tbm

[Kaptain K]

Dizzy, by Tommy Roe.

I once dated a girl who was related to him somehow.

tbm

In all, Tommy Roe placed eleven songs in the top forty in the 1960's, two of which made the number one spot on the charts: "Sheila" and "Dizzy"!

ETA: If I remember my record lore correctly, the drummer was so enthusiastic about "Sheila" that they had to put him in a separate room and close the door to keep the drums from over powering the rest of the band!

[Kaptain K]

"Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Kiss Him Goodbye" by Steam.

Nobody on the record wanted it to be the "A" side, but they were overruled by the record company, so they made up the name of the band!

[Celestial Mechanic]

"Get a Job" by the Silhouettes has to be one of my favorite one-hit wonders.
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na (Ba-doom!),
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na (Ba-doom!),
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na (Ba-doom!),
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na,
Yip! Yip! Yip! Yip! Yip! Yip! Yip! Yip!
Umm Umm Umm Umm Umm Umm,
Get a Job!
Friends, they just don't write them like that anymore! Sorta brings a tear to your eye, don't it? :lol:

[Kaptain K]

Sorta brings a tear to your eye, don't it?
Yeah. So does chopping onions! ;)

[peteshimmon]

Why am I treated so bad, The Nocturnes. !966.
Kept hearing it at lunchtime every monday and
the DJ admitted he was plugging it cause he
thought it was good but it did not get past
no 20. But I purchased it.

[Kaptain K]

"Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" by The Casinos.

[Gillianren]

"Get a Job" by the Silhouettes has to be one of my favorite one-hit wonders.

When we were in junior high, my best friend owned a copy of The Poetry of Rock. It had, for some reason, the lyrics to "Get a Job" printed in it. (Yeah, I like it, too. But poetry? Not so much.) It became a game to us to see how much of it we could recite--speaking, mind you; not singing--with a straight face. It turned out not much.

[Kaptain K]

"Nobody but Me" by The Human Beinz

[blueshift]

I don't know if this is one but it is the only one I remember that they made. The Ronettes' "Be My Baby".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCUO7F2xjzw&feature=related

Someone down the street thought they had a couple of duds after that one. I can't remember.
Oops! Sorry! Some of them are right on the same page. Oh well, dig it anyway.

[Kaptain K]

Ballad of the Green Berets, by SSGT Barry Sadler

[jrkeller]

Timbuk Three

Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades.


It's ironic that this was their only hit.

[Kaptain K]

Timbuk Three

Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades.
:doh: How did I miss a local band?
It's ironic that this was there only hit.

[jrkeller]

I was at UT when they made it big.

[Graybeard6]

I don't know if this is one but it is the only one I remember that they made. The Ronettes' "Be My Baby".

Yeah, they were so bad they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year!

[Kaptain K]

Yeah, they were so bad they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year!
It would have been a lot sooner, except for Phil Spector who was on the nominating committee! Seems he was bent out of shape that Ronnie divorced him and the rest of the group had had the gaul to sue him for back royalties!

[Kaptain K]

"Psychotic Reaction" by Count Five

"House of the Rising Sun" by Fridged Pink

[Paul Beardsley]

Does anyone remember Car Boot Sale? I don't remember who wrote it or performed it, and Wiki only shows some pictures of some car boot sales.

[Maksutov]

The Chipmunk Song (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chipmunk_Song_%28Christmas_Don%27t_Be_Late%29) by Alvin, Simon, and Theodore, as produced by David Seville (actually Ross Bagdasarian, who appeared in Hitchcock's Rear Window as the frustrated song writer).

Eve of Destruction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_of_Destruction_%28song%29) recorded by Barry McGuire. Per the HB/CT/eschatology crowd it's still the eve 43 years later.

Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barbarians) by The Barbarians, one of my favorite "garage" bands of the 60s.

The Flying Saucer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Goodman) by Dickie Goodman. Such aliens we should be so lucky!

The Loco-Motion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Eva) by Little Eva. I remember some of the girls in high school biology giggling when the teacher explained that flagella provided some single-celled organisms with a form of locomotion. How "cool" could one get?

Convoy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convoy_%28song%29) by C.W. McCall (Bill Fries). Breaker, breaker! Helped increase sales of CB radios and rubber ducks worldwide.

[EndeavorRX7]

Sir Mix Alot - Baby Got Back

[Kaptain K]

With 11 albums in the top 100 and over 30 singles released, Alvin and the chipmunks are hardly "one hit wonders"!

[Maksutov]

With 11 albums in the top 100 and over 30 singles released, Alvin and the chipmunks are hardly "one hit wonders"!I only recall The Chipmunk Song. What were the others? Repeat listings of the same song don't count, as well as versions by other performers. Re the 30 singles released, I thought this was about popularity, not quantity. A "one hit wonder" could easily release 30 singles, but have only one of them become a best seller.

[Kaptain K]

Chipmunk Christmas (...I still want a Hula-Hoop...)
Witch Doctor (...Ooh ee ooh ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang!)

For the rest, try Wikipedia. Thats where I found it.

[EndeavorRX7]

Benny Mardones - "Into the night"

Greatest one hit wonder ever.

[captain swoop]

Golden Earring 'Radar Love'

[Kaptain K]

Golden Earring 'Radar Love'

It is absolutely amazing what you can learn from Wikipedia! I would have agreed with you. Radar Love is the only song of theirs that I can remember hearing, but in Europe, they've had 40 hits and 30 gold or platinum records! Not only that, but having formed in 1961 are the oldest continuously performing band in the world, one year older than The Rolling Stones! :eek:

[jrkeller]

Tuff Enuff - The Fabulous Thunderbirds


When the Heart Rules the Mind by GTR

I've even got both of these in vinyl

[Kaptain K]

"Signs" by The Five Man Electric Band

They had several hits in their native Canada, but that was their only hit in the US!

[Maksutov]

Chipmunk Christmas (...I still want a Hula-Hoop...)I have no recollection of that. A minor ;) (perhaps) hit, but typical of follow-ups to one-hit wonders.Witch Doctor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_Doctor_%28song%29) (...Ooh ee ooh ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang!)That was David Seville, not The Chipmunks. For the rest, try Wikipedia. Thats where I found it.I checked and, as I thought, just a lot of failed follow-ups to the big one-hit wonder.

Still like Ross Bagdasarian's Lisa best of all.

[SeanF]

It is absolutely amazing what you can learn from Wikipedia! I would have agreed with you. Radar Love is the only song of [Golden Earring's] that I can remember hearing...

Yeah, there's a storm on the loose, sirens in my head
Wrapped up in silence, all circuits are dead
Cannot decode - my whole life spins into a frenzy

Help, I'm stepping into the Twilight Zone
The place is a mad-house, feels like being cloned
My beacon's been moved under moon and star
Where am I to go now that I've gone too far

Soon you will come to know
When the bullet hits the bone
Soon you will come to know
When the bullet hits the bone
Don't remember that one? It actually charted higher in the US (#10) than did "Radar Love" (#13).

[Kaptain K]

:doh: I Must be getting senile! :eek:

Interesting side note.
The lead singer did not speak English, so Radar Love was sung phonetically!

[Nadme]

It is absolutely amazing what you can learn from Wikipedia! I would have agreed with you. Radar Love is the only song of theirs that I can remember hearing, but in Europe, they've had 40 hits and 30 gold or platinum records! Not only that, but having formed in 1961 are the oldest continuously performing band in the world, one year older than The Rolling Stones! :eek:

Really?? :confused:

Wow, I figured them for a flash-in-the-pan '80s band!

Someone else quoted from their lyrics "When the Bullet Hits the Bone." I also recall that.

And I'll admit I didn't know it was they who sang "Radar Love." Sheesh!

[Nadme]

How about "Eep-Op-Ork-AH-AH" by Jet Screamer [The Jetsons]? :lol:

I got kicked off a SETI message board once for suggesting THAT might be what we'll hear in an ET transmission. :lol: They weren't amused (some people have NO sense of humor...)

[Kaptain K]

How about "Eep-Op-Ork-AH-AH" by Jet Screamer [The Jetsons]?
I don't think it was ever released as a single in the 20th century! :lol:

[ravens_cry]

"That thing you do" by The Oneders.

[SeanF]

Interesting side note.
The lead singer did not speak English, so Radar Love was sung phonetically!
Related side note, though not about a one-hit wonder: Celine Dion did not speak English at the time of recording her first English-language album, and also sang phonetically.

Really?? :confused:

Wow, I figured them for a flash-in-the-pan '80s band!

Someone else quoted from their lyrics "When the Bullet Hits the Bone." I also recall that.

And I'll admit I didn't know it was they who sang "Radar Love." Sheesh!
You are perhaps thinking of the band White Lion, who were in fact a flash-in-the-pan late-80s band and had a minor hit with a cover version of "Radar Love." They had had two top ten hits a couple years earlier - "Wait" and "When the Children Cry" - so are not a one-hit wonder. :)

[Parrothead]

How about "Eep-Op-Ork-AH-AH" by Jet Screamer [The Jetsons]? :lol:

I got kicked off a SETI message board once for suggesting THAT might be what we'll hear in an ET transmission. :lol: They weren't amused (some people have NO sense of humor...)

Curses! That song is stuck in my head. Now I'm going to have to play that Saturday Morning Cartoons CD. First I'll play "Eep-Op-Ork-Ah-Ah", the Violent Femmes version (that isn't actually the Violent Femmes). I'll then attempt to drive it out of my head with The Ramones' rendition of "Spiderman" and Reverend Horton Heat's rendition of "Johnny Quest/Stop That Pigeon". ;)

"Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry

[Kaptain K]

"Chevy Van" by Sammy Johns.

[Kaptain K]

"London Homesick Blues" by Gary P. Nunn

[Kaptain K]

"Get it on (bang a gong)" by T. Rex

[Kaptain K]

"Black is Black" by Los Bravos

First song by a Spanish artist to chart in England and U.S.

[jrkeller]

Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell

Rockwell was the son of Motown Exec Berry Gordy and a friend of Michael and Jermaine Jackson.

[Gillianren]

Hence Michael Jackson's singing backup on it, causing many people to believe it was actually a Michael Jackson song.

[Donnie B.]

Has anybody mentioned Wildfire by Michael Martin Murphey? I think that's a true OHW, though I could easily be mistaken.

[Kaptain K]

Not even close to being close!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Martin_Murphey

[Donnie B.]

Not even close to being close!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Martin_Murphey
Hmmm. I don't recognize any of those other titles, but maybe I would if I heard them. A possible explanation is that I rarely listen to commercial country, so I'd have missed anything that didn't cross over.

Sometimes a OHW is in the ear of the... uh, behearer?

[Kaptain K]

"Tighten Up" by Archie Bell and the Drells

By the time it hit the charts, Archie was in Viet Nam and none of his comrades would believe that he was that Archie Bell!
His little brother was Ricky Bell of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

[Kaptain K]

"Last Kiss" by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers

[Dave Mitsky]

"Psychotic Reaction" Count Five


One of my cousins was married to a member of Count Five.

I know that he was big in Great Britain but Cars was Gary Numan's only US hit.

How about Low by Cracker, a great 1990s song, and the not-so-great Who Let the Dogs Out by Baha Men, the third most annoying song according to Rolling Stone?

Dave Mitsky

[Kaptain K]

Who Let the Dogs Out by Baha Men, the third most annoying song according to Rolling Stone?
Only third? One and two must be ...

[Paul Beardsley]

I know that he was big in Great Britain but Cars was Gary Numan's only US hit.

What about Are "Friends" Electric?? I thought that was better known than Cars.

[Kaptain K]

"98.6" by Kieth

He was nabbed for draft evasion in the middle of a concert!

[Dave Mitsky]

What about Are "Friends" Electric?? I thought that was better known than Cars.

I've never heard the song and I was very familiar with the pop and rock music of that era. By the way, it was not released as a single by Gary Numan apparently.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_%27Friends%27_Electric%3F

Dave Mitsky

[Paul Beardsley]

I've never heard the song and I was very familiar with the pop and rock music of that era. By the way, it was not released as a single by Gary Numan apparently.
His first two albums and some singles were released as Tubeway Army albums, but subsequent albums were released as Gary Numan albums. No real distinction is drawn between the two, and various Tubeway Army songs appear on Best Of and Live collections release under the Gary Numan name.

Having checked Wiki, it looks as though Are "Friends Electric didn't chart in the US.

[Kaptain K]

"Summertime Blues" by Blue Cheer