Favorite One-hit Wonders

[vrmlguy]

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?

 

[Pimppeter2]

Dont really know if its a one hit wonder but whoever sung the "Push it to the limit" song, its seriously the only song I listen to during workouts

 

[Clashero]

Mmmm... no one-hit wonders, but I made everyone I know listen to Sarah Brightman's Fleurs Du Mal. Best song of 2008, by far.

 

[Iskenator67]

Dont really know if its a one hit wonder but whoever sung the "Push it to the limit" song, its seriously the only song I listen to during workouts

I agree. It's a great workout song.
It was sung by Paul Engemann
And it was in Scarface.
Not to be confused with the version by Corbin Bleu, who destroyed it royally.

 

[vrmlguy]

Dont really know if its a one hit wonder but whoever sung the "Push it to the limit" song, its seriously the only song I listen to during workouts

I agree. It's a great workout song.
It was sung by Paul Engemann
And it was in Scarface.
Not to be confused with the version by Corbin Bleu, who destroyed it royally.

Personally, I always preferred the Eagles' version.
Or was that "Take It to the Limit"?

 

[Dragon_of_red]

The Knack - My Sharona

Biggest one hit wonder EVER

 

[Lord Krunk]

If someone posts 'Never Gonna Give You Up' by Rick Astley then I'm going to strangle them through their monitors.

As for my favourite, 'Oh Yeah' by Yello. No matter how many times I listen to it, I chuckle.

 

[fenrizz]

The Connells - '74-'75 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-ITv4OBV9c]

great song.

 

[scotth266]

If someone posts 'Never Gonna Give You Up' by Rick Astley then I'm going to strangle them through their monitors.

As for my favourite, 'Oh Yeah' by Yello. No matter how many times I listen to it, I chuckle.

Fear the Rickroll. FEAR IT. And that song is crazy beans.

The Connells - '74-'75 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-ITv4OBV9c]

great song.

I have to say, it's very interesting, especially set to that video. Good choice.

I personally enjoy Hallucinating Pluto by the B-52's, or Paper Walls by Yellowcard, or Can't Stop by The Red Hot Chili Peppers, or Easy Way Out by The Pink Spiders.

 

[Lord Krunk]

If someone posts 'Never Gonna Give You Up' by Rick Astley then I'm going to strangle them through their monitors.

As for my favourite, 'Oh Yeah' by Yello. No matter how many times I listen to it, I chuckle.

Fear the Rickroll. FEAR IT. And that song is crazy beans.

Oh, I like the song, but the prank that evolved from it is getting old.

 

[scotth266]

The Knack - My Sharona

Biggest one hit wonder EVER

You mean this? It's pretty slick. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE9Q88sbqJQ&feature=PlayList&p=19BFE2C632F6A28E&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=29] I'm impressed, surprised I haven't heard about them.

 

[scotth266]

If someone posts 'Never Gonna Give You Up' by Rick Astley then I'm going to strangle them through their monitors.

As for my favourite, 'Oh Yeah' by Yello. No matter how many times I listen to it, I chuckle.

Fear the Rickroll. FEAR IT. And that song is crazy beans.

Oh, I like the song, but the prank that evolved from it is getting old.

It is VERY much NOT a modern song... which makes it entertaining, but getting pranked by it is stupid. Remember people: the less a joke is performed, the funnier it becomes!

I rickrolled my roomate ONCE after about three-quarters through the year. It was hilarious for both of us.

 

[Ultress]

Nena- 99 Red Ballons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14IRDDnEPR4

It's awesome and about screwing with the millitary,I think

 

[EeveeElectro]

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

 

[traceur_]

Rick Astley's Never gonna give you up, I really really love that song but I am perplexed as to how such a magnificent voice comes from someone as small as he, 'tis truly an epic voice.

 

[Isaac Dodgson]

Um, Come On Eileen-Dexys Midnight Runners?

Oh, poor old Johnny Ray...

 

[RAWKSTAR]

Final Countdown.
Just Awesome.

 

[Hippobatman]

We're no strangers to love
You know the rules
and so do I!

Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley

Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Obscure 80's artist I can't remember

aaand

Can't Touch This - MC Hammer

EDIT: And I super-duper-mega agree with RAWK, Final Countdown must have a mention. Oh, Gob's theme song in Arrested Development x'D