A "one hit wonder" is a singer/band who had only one song top the charts -- but that one song was a great one! I'm interested in hearing some of your favorite OHW's.
Here are a few of mine to get us started:
Tobacco Road ~~ Nashville Teens
Dirty Water ~~ The Standells
Montego Bay ~~ Bobby Bloom
Spirit in the Sky ~~ Norman Greenbaum
In the Summertime ~~ Mungo Jerry
I'd like to teach the world to sing ~~ Hillside Singers
Hot Rod Lincoln ~~ Commander Cody & his lost planet airmen
The night the lights went out in Georgia ~~ Vikki Lawrence
Never been any reason ~~ Head East
Play that funky music ~~ Wild Cherry
Black Betty ~~ Ram Jam
Funkytown ~~ Lipps Inc
Whip It ~~ Devo
Tainted Love ~~ Soft Cell
Mickey ~~ Toni Basil
Miami Vice Theme ~~ Jan Hammer
Keep your hands to yourself ~~ Georgia Satellites
Walkin in Memphis ~~ Mark Cohn
Life is a highway ~~ Tom Cochrane
I'm too sexy ~~ Right Said Fred
Baby Got Back ~~ Sir Mix-a-Lot
Mambo #5 ~~ Lou Bega
2007-07-02 04:45:03 · 19 answers · asked by kja63 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Devo wasn't a One Hit Wonder?!?!
Well I'll be..........
2007-07-02 06:30:12 · update #1
a-ha- Take on Me
Aaliya-Try Again
Ace of Base- The Sign
Atlantic Starr- Always
The Archies- Sugar,Sugar
Bachman -Turner Overdrive- You Aint Seen Nothing Yet
Bay City Rollers-Saturday Night
The Champs- Tequilla
Gene Chandler- Duke Of Earl
Jimmy Dean- Big Bad John
Robert John- Sad Eyes
Andy Kim- Rock Me Gently
The Knack- My Sherona
Buddy Knox- Party Doll
Kris Kross- Jump
Lemon Pipers- Green Tambourine
Little Eva-The Loco-Motion
London Beat-I've Been Thinking About You
Looking Glass- Brandy(You're A Fine Girl)
Los Del Rio- Macarena(Bayside Boys Mix)
Love Unlimited Orchestra- Love's Theme
M- Pop Muzik
C.W. McCall- Convoy
The McCoys- Hang On Sloopy
George McCrae-Rock Your Baby
Mitch Miller- The Yellow Rose Of Texas
Johnny Nash- I Can See Clearly Now
The New Vaudeville Band-Winchester Cathedral
2007-07-02 05:14:31 · answer #1 · answered by G.W. loves winter! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Zorak says, "My Sharona"--the Knack
"Cars"--Gary Numan
"Mexican Radio"--Wall of Voodoo
"Pop Music"--M
"Oh, Yeah"--Yello
"Big Country"--Big Country
"Turning Japanese"--the Vapors
"There She Goes"--the Las
"Under the Mily Way"--the Church
"Obsession"--Animotion
"Electric Avenue"--Eddie Grant
"99 Luftballons"--Nena
"Love Plus One"--Haircut 100
"2-4-6-8 Motorway"-Tom Robinson Band
"Pure Energy"--Information Society
"I Know What Boys Like"--the Waitresses
(no, I am not gay--it's a good song)
"Talk Talk"--Talk Talk
"Too Shy"--Kajagoogoo
"88 Lines about 44 women"--the Nails
"So Alive"--Love and Rockets
"Let's Go All the Way"--Sly Fox
"Send Me an Angel"--Real Life
"Harden my Heart"--Quarterflash
"I Could Be Happy"--Altered Images
"Cruel to be Kind"--Nick Lowe
There are more, but the criteria I used was that the song was the only song to ever chart by the musician or band. Groups like Devo had more than one charting hit, but they weren't in the top 5. All the ones I listed charted but never made it to #1 that I know.
As you can tell, they are all from the 80's.
2007-07-02 05:13:56 · answer #2 · answered by enbsayshello 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A few favorites of mine:
The La's - There She Goes
Flock of Seagulls - I Ran
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
Blind Melon - No Rain
Veruca Salt - Seether
Skee-Lo - I Wish
The Cardigans - Lovefool
Craig Mack - Flava in Your Ear
Spacehog - In the Meantime
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
White Town - Your Woman
2007-07-02 04:52:30 · answer #3 · answered by chuckna21 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would add
Cars ~~ Gary Neuman
and delete
Whip IT ~~ Devo
Devo Had a number of top 40 hits, including the titular We are Devo, Coalmine, a cover of Satisfaction, Whip It, and Going Under. They have a number of successful albums spanning over a decade.
2007-07-02 04:52:05 · answer #4 · answered by Diminati 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stacey's mom - Fountains of Wayne
How Bizzare - OMC
Blue - Eiffel 65
Who Let the Dogs Out - Baha Men
Barbie Girl - Aqua
2007-07-02 04:52:46 · answer #5 · answered by thefinnman92 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unbelievable-EMF
Whoomp there it is - Tag Team
Video Killed The Radio Star - ?
The Freshman - The Verve
Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry
2007-07-02 04:50:46 · answer #6 · answered by Crazy_Fool 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Magic~~Pilot
What Would You Say~~Hurricane Smith
I Can Help~~Billy Swan
2007-07-02 04:52:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i love
kung fu fighting
ymca
tainted love
im too sexy
mambo 5
in the summertime
mickey
my fave though is probably mickey though
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2007-07-02 04:51:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ice, ice, baby! ~~ Vanilla Ice
Funky Cold Madina ~~ Tone Loc
2007-07-02 04:52:38 · answer #9 · answered by aero_fyre 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
blind melon, mudhoney, fastball, loads of ninety's bands. some bands categorized one hit ask your self are not it relatively is gloomy. like blur. they seem to be a one hit ask your self in u.s. yet like legends in england. so it adjustments from the place you're too. reliable question.
2016-10-03 10:06:51 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋