Do you have a favorite One Hit Wonder?

[exitseven]

I heard this on the radio this morning and I started to think that it was amazing these guys never had more than one hit.

[DizzyDesii]

A few…
Anita Ward- Ring My Bell
Dexys Midnight Runners- Come on Eileen
Chumbawamba- Tubthumping
Right Said Fred- Im Too Sexy
Carl Douglas- Kung Fu Fighting
Wild Cherry- Play That Funky Music
Rockwell- Somebodys Watchin Me
Van Mccoy- The Hustle
Lou Bega- Mambo No 5
SOS Band- Take Your Time (Do it Right)
Soft Cell- Tainted Love
Taco- Puttin on the Ritz
Aha- Take on Me
Thurston Harris- Little Bitty Pretty One
Royal Teens- Short Shorts
Kyu- Sukiyaki
Billy Paul- Me & Mrs Jones
George Mccrae- Rock Me Baby
Ram Jam- Black Betty
Sugarhill- Gang Rappers Delight
Dazz Band- Let it Whip
Flock of Seagulls- I Ran
Nena- 99 Luftballoons
Simple Minds- Dont You Forget About Me
Rob Base- It Takes Two
Eu- Da Butt
Biz Markie- Just a Friend
Jane Child- Dont Wanna Fall in Love
Deee Lite- Groove is un the Heart
Sir Mix a Lot- Baby Got Back
Tag Team- Whoomp There it Is
Blind Melon- The Rain
Haddaway- What is Love
Proclaimers- Im Gonna Be (500 miles)
Cardigans- Lovefool
Freaknasty- Da Dip
Aqua- Barbie Girl
Jennifer Paige- Crush
Eiffel 65- Blue
Natalie Imbruglia- Torn
New Radicals- You Get What you Give
Tal BachMan- she's So High
Alice Deejay- Better off Alone
Blu Cantrell- Hit Em Up
Khia- My neck My Back
Jkwon- Tipsy
Hoobastank- The Reason
Flobots- Handlebars
Knack- My Sharona
Toni Basil- Mickey
Okay… maybe 50 lol

[exitseven]

that is quite a list.

[Daniela1982]

Some I'm glad they were just one hit wonders. Others I would have loved to have heard more from them.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wzb35dgR1oYhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/nbOLQdCWtaghttps://www.youtube.com/embed/NcoQHLcFPV8https://www.youtube.com/embed/N03Uoj6p9QAhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/Bs5WOCMMck0

[exitseven]

Zager and Evans had minor hit afterwards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVWLFd-3XV8
Randy Newman had done other stuff too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j5Be5a86uA
Great list though. I always liked the PF Sloan song Eve Of Destruction. It is becoming more appropriate today.

[Miristheiss]

Several

Come on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
Song 2 - Blur
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Sexy and Candy - Marcy Playground
What's Up - Four Non Blondes
Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles
Knock on Wood - Amii Stewart
How Bizarre - OMC
Tubthumping - Chumbawamba
Torn — Natalie Imbruglia (Although I love Smoke, Wishing I Was There too)
Closing Time (Semisonic)

[Miristheiss]

PS
I forgot"

Groove is in the Heart - Deee-Lite

I don't know if they were one hit wonders but these are the only songs of them I've ever heard:

Everything I Own - Bread
I'd Love you to Want Me - Lobo
Bust a Move - Young MC

[exitseven]

@Miristheiss on of my old girlfriends was Eileen. I think of her every time I hear that song.

[Ray1980]

Not exactly sure if he's a 1-hit wonder as I've not had the opportunity to indulge in anymore of his music since I discovered it.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/wbGcdjLP1I0

[exitseven]

It is certainly a great tune but Jackie Wilson had a string of hits from what I understand.

[Ray1980]

Oh, my bad:) Glad you liked it though. I'm always discovering new music & the range I like is VAST.

[TrueConfection]

Ok, don't laugh...
I loved Billy Ray Cyrus when he came out with Achy Breaky Heart.
🤦 I was 14.

[exitseven]

I think Billy Ray had more than that one hit.

[TrueConfection]

Did he? I only remember that one and everyone calling him a, "One hit wonder."

Don't tell my heart, my achey breaky heart. I just don't think he'd understand. And if you tell my heart, my achey breaky heart, he might blow up and kill this man. WooooHooo! 😂

[exitseven]

I just remember him from being in that doctor show.

[TrueConfection]

I don't know it. My oldest was on the very tail end of the Hannah Montana craze, so I saw that show a few times. I was over him by then.

[Daniela1982]

Too bad his daughter wasn't a one hit wonder. Wait, what hits has she even had, if any?

[TrueConfection]

@Daniela1982 Miley Cirus? I don't know her music, but she was popular with tween girls. Wait, there was the one song they overplayed on the radio "Party in the USA" (if that's what it was called). His other daughter Noah was popular with teens too.

[dorksided1]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/djV11Xbc914

As an artsy type, the video is one of the most creative I have ever seen, was obsessed with it as a kid.

[Miristheiss]

Are you a child of the 80's?

[Moose304]

I doubt I could add anything else to this topic that others have not already added. For me, though I can't get my mind off people like Jim Croce, Karen Carpenter, and Richie Valens. All three were taken from us far too soon. I think about all the "hits" we will never hear! Yes, it's a depressing thought!

[Massageman]

Puttin' on the Ritz, performed by "Taco". Really liked the "robotic" move sequences so typical of the day - - - - - -

https://www.youtube.com/embed/4OUnedMCCW0

[MarkRet]

That's a good one. This is my favorite >

https://www.youtube.com/embed/-fYV3dJp-k4

[dustybiker]

Simon Cowell is the king of them, no?

https://www.youtube.com/embed/7_weSk0BonM

[dustybiker]

Not my fav, only I could think of at the moment (ignore @NathanDavis)

[NathanDavis]

@dustybiker lmfao at the barrage...

[dustybiker]

@NathanDavis Just returning the favor.

[AviatorTom]

I'm not sure I would call this a favorite, but it sure is catchy... and it's definitely a one-hit wonder...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZyhrYis509A

[adventurous-1]

just a couple:
dead skunk in the middle of the road by Loudon Wainwright III
Troglodytes by the Jimmy Caster Bunch
Short People by Randy Newman
All from the 70's I believe but would not swear to it.

[MrTuxedo]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/PJ7E40Ec5ec

The song everyone heard, but doesn't know the name of xD

[OlderAndWiser]

Even worse, a no hit wonder:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/cAFWqWsPQPg

[exitseven]

I bet there is a good story behind this choice.

[OlderAndWiser]

Thet were the opening act for Styx maybe 45 years ago. They were a Southern band but did not play Southern music, and they featured keyboards (I am a piano player.) I became really interested in their music but they never made the next step to fame.

[exitseven]

Awesome,

[exitseven]

@OlderAndWiser Sugarloaf opened for Aerosmith. I guess they blew everyone away and the local radio stations started playing Green Eyed Lady. They dropped off the face of the earth after that.

[OlderAndWiser]

It’s one of my favorite songs from that era.

[BillyBalls]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ud2B_eWCyH4

Best Ever!!

[bigpauly]

This always gets me pumped.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/lVrELhxOFnM

[Daniela1982]

I liked that song too.

[bigpauly]

@Daniela1982 the 80s have a good collection of 1 hit wonders I really enjoy.

[Daniela1982]

I agree.

[Daniela1982]

https://youtu.be/RmPfYnzA1r0

[bigpauly]

@Daniela1982 another classic lol.

I also listen to this one a lot
https://youtu.be/5HI_xFQWiYU

[MTC29]

Brandy, by Looking Glass.

[Nikki1989]

I love that song.

[MTC29]

@Nikki1989 Forty years later, I still like it.

[Aurora1010]

Replay by Iyaz or Beautiful Girls by Sean Kingston

[NathanDavis]

Nickelback...

[dustybiker]

*cough, cough*
https://youtu.be/Aiay8I5IPB8

[dustybiker]

You’re so mean by the way. 😝 🤣

[msc545]

None I can recall...

[Anonymous]

Cum on Eileen