Favorite One-hit Wonders

[bjj hero]

Dead or Alive, You spin me round. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUatnbaNfEo]

Genius; plus Pete Burns is hilarious.

 

[Melancholy_Ocelot]

Chumbawamba - Tubthumper
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Mambo Number 5

 

[Anachronism]

The Reason by Hoobastank.

It's a brilliant song, but I've heard nothing about them since.

 

[greedo420]

a whiter shade of pale by procol harum

awesome song

 

[elemenetal150]

Everyone has their favorite songs, the ones that make you crank up the car radio whenever you hear them play. In my experience, those songs are often one hit wonders, whose performers blew their wad on one transcendental experience which would never again be repeated. So, what are the songs that speak to your soul, the ones which, when you hear them, you just have to share with the world?

I would have argue against your one hit wonder theory as I would say the vast majority of well known music comes from the same 20 to 30 artist with the occasional song from somebody else

I don't listen to the radio that often...in fact a large amount of music that I listen to most other people have never heard of.....although I do listen to some of the main stream stuff, I do not get it from the radio as much as I get it form other people.

The radio pisses me off because every month, all month long, every day they play like the same 10 songs over and over....

 

[Fox1789]

Blue by Eiffel 65

DAMN, i remeber banging my head against a wall trying to get that song out of my head!

 

[Biek]

THinking of one hit wonders. The first thing that comes to mind is 'Ready to go' from Republica. I still hear it on the radio occasionally and each time I wonder what happened to them. Its really not a bad song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijh2Fqd1ZPY

 

[Henzi]

The song for me at the moment is The Last of the Melting Snow by The Leisure Society. Think I've notched up 70+ plays of it in two days on iTunes.

 

[goater24]

My favourite one hit wonder is an old 70's reggae track
Althea and Donna - Uptown Top Ranking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMrNDnU6PPk

 

[xChevelle24]

I'm Too Sexy For My Shirt by that one dude
Composure - August Burns Red
Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet

 

[goater24]

THinking of one hit wonders. The first thing that comes to mind is 'Ready to go' from Republica. I still hear it on the radio occasionally and each time I wonder what happened to them. Its really not a bad song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijh2Fqd1ZPY

Get you're facts straight son, they were a two hit wonder cos Republica also charted big with this

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

 

[Biek]

THinking of one hit wonders. The first thing that comes to mind is 'Ready to go' from Republica. I still hear it on the radio occasionally and each time I wonder what happened to them. Its really not a bad song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijh2Fqd1ZPY

Get you're facts straight son, they were a two hit wonder cos Republica also charted big with this

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

Not in the Netherlands they didnt.

 

[goater24]

Final Countdown.
Just Awesome.

Eh? Europe were a massive band that have sold over 1,000,000 records. They are not a one hit wonder because you've only heard one of their tracks.

Look Survivors Eye of the Tiger is an example of a one hit wonder, Diamond lights by Glen Hoddle is a one hit wonder and the Macerana are all good examples of one hit wonders. Unforunatley yours is not!

 

[Zombie_Fish]

Monster- The Automatic
Back In Black- AC/DC
Creep- Radiohead
Smells Like Teen Spirit- Nirvana
I Write Sins Not Tragedies- Panic At The Disco
I'm Not Okay- My Chemical Romance

 

[goater24]

A true 1 hit wonder...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuTVKO0RScI

 

[greedo420]

^ i'm pretty sure none of the bands you mentioned there are one hit wonders..

 

[electric_warrior]

take on me by a-ha, although its not their only good song its the only one any one's every heard of

 

[Xvito]

There are to many good songs to count, I guess that I could name a few...

House of the Rising Sun.
The Piano Has Been Drinking.
Blackbird.

Also, did they have to be bad songs that everybody and their dog listens to?

I love all those catchy, dancey one hit one wonders, such as 'Call on me' or 'Fly on the wings of love'

Are you serious?! O_O

 

[jazmonkey]

Soft Cell. Tainted Love.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cCI_XDQWb0

 

[EeveeElectro]

There are to many good songs to count, I guess that I could name a few...

House of the Rising Sun.
The Piano Has Been Drinking.
Blackbird.

Also, did they have to be bad songs that everybody and their dog listens to?

I love all those catchy, dancey one hit one wonders, such as 'Call on me' or 'Fly on the wings of love'

Are you serious?! O_O

Yeah What's so wrong with liking different types of music?