Favourite One Hit Wonder

BishopQuaker · Post by **BishopQuaker** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:40 pm

Having seen this on the favourite song intro thread I thought it deserved it's own.

Quakerz wrote: Finest one hit wonder around...maybe.

The Mock Turtles - Can you dig it?

DL5 wrote: EMF - Unbelievable

Here's a few good one hit wonders.

Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta (Trust me you'd know it if you heard it)
LEM - Steal My Sunshine.

Republica - Ready To Go.
Some may argue they also had "Drop Dead Gorgeous" but I think people are more likely to remember them just for Ready To Go.

DL5 · Post by **DL5** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:51 pm

Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting.

DL5 · Post by **DL5** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:57 pm

The Divinyls - I touch Myself

Dee - Lite Groove is in the heart (memories of the top bar in Blacketts late 1990

)

saint crow · Post by **saint crow** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:03 pm

Runaway Train - Soul Asylum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwvclgPgB18

Fatty eats roadkill · Post by **Fatty eats roadkill** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:31 pm

Buster Douglas vs Mike Tyson

Quakerz · Post by **Quakerz** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:44 pm

Bodyrockers - I like the way you move

Spyman · Post by **Spyman** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:24 pm

Babylon Zoo - Space Man

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Quakerz · Post by **Quakerz** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:33 pm

The Sundays - Summertime.

Greatest crime ever that they only had 1 "mainstream" top 40 hit.

SuperQuaker · Post by **SuperQuaker** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:41 pm

Maria McKee - "Show Me Heaven"

Wijnhard's_Schlong · Post by **Wijnhard's_Schlong** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:55 pm

Steve Brookstein - Against All Odds

jazzydfc · Post by **jazzydfc** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:56 pm

Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach

mikey53 · Post by **mikey53** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:23 pm

Neandathal man by Hotlegs (later became 10CC so don't know if it can be called a one hit wonder)

Spirit in the sky by Norman Greenbaum

San Francisco by Scott McKenzie (don't think their was a follow up)

Eve of destruction by Barry Maguire

Showing my age with these great (IMO) songs

cwisstoffhur · Post by **cwisstoffhur** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:31 pm

Haddaway - what is love. the king of all one hit wonders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_U6mWu1XQA

Nena - 99 red balloons. also worth a mention
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14IRDDnEPR4

OPM - Heaven is a halfpipe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCSJzw6QM_Q

PierremontQuaker03 · Post by **PierremontQuaker03** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:19 am

saint crow wrote:Runaway Train - Soul Asylum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwvclgPgB18

Didn't they sing "Black Gold" - love that tune

Fatty eats roadkill · Post by **Fatty eats roadkill** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:48 am

Mc Choons - The only rhyme that bites

Geordie Quaker · Post by **Geordie Quaker** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:27 am

Bran Van 3000 - Drinking in LA.

PierremontQuaker03 · Post by **PierremontQuaker03** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:38 am

Sugar Ray - Every morning

BishopQuaker · Post by **BishopQuaker** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:44 am

Geordie Quaker wrote:Bran Van 3000 - Drinking in LA.

That's an oldie but a goodie.

PierremontQuaker03 wrote:Sugar Ray - Every morning

And now I need to put that on YouTube as I haven't heard it in ages.

Jazz Maverick · Post by **Jazz Maverick** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:08 am

PierremontQuaker03 wrote:Sugar Ray - Every morning

Two double platinum albums would suggest they were more than one hit wonders!

They did release other singles than Every Morning.

BishopQuaker · Post by **BishopQuaker** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:26 am

Jazz Maverick wrote:
PierremontQuaker03 wrote:Sugar Ray - Every morning
Two double platinum albums would suggest they were more than one hit wonders!

They did release other singles than Every Morning.

Name one that I'd know lol.

Papa Roach have released about 3 albums but I'm pretty sure if you asked anyone to name a Papa Roach song they'ed say "Last Resort".

I suppose in terms of one hit wonders it's a song which captures the zeitgeist

Lawman3 · Post by **Lawman3** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:41 am

Joe Dolce - Shaddap you face.

joejaques · Post by **joejaques** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:15 pm

Tiny Tim - Tiptoe Through The Tulips - Titanically Awfully Brilliant

DL5 · Post by **DL5** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:28 pm

Not too keen on this one

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/9 ... tack_dies/

saint crow · Post by **saint crow** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 2:26 pm

PierremontQuaker03 wrote:
saint crow wrote:Runaway Train - Soul Asylum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwvclgPgB18
Didn't they sing "Black Gold" - love that tune

Indeed they did - that was the follow up single.
They're still going strong (ish) now in the US.

KCChiefs · Post by **KCChiefs** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:36 pm

Haddaway - what is love. the king of all one hit wonders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_U6mWu1XQA

Nena - 99 red balloons. also worth a mention
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14IRDDnEPR4

OPM - Heaven is a halfpipe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCSJzw6QM_Q

Schoolboy error - Haddaway wasnt a one hit wonder...

KCChiefs · Post by **KCChiefs** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:38 pm

Stan Ridgeway - "Camouflage" (1986) fookin classic.....

Fatty eats roadkill · Post by **Fatty eats roadkill** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:40 pm

Neither were The Mock Turtles or EMF or Soul Asylum but hey, they are just minor details that the young uns don't need to worry themselves about.

Fatty eats roadkill · Post by **Fatty eats roadkill** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:41 pm

KCChiefs wrote:Stan Ridgeway - "Camouflage" (1986) fookin classic.....

He WAS an awfully big marine

KCChiefs · Post by **KCChiefs** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:44 pm

Fatty eats roadkill · Post by **Fatty eats roadkill** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:50 pm

I could bang a load of one hit wonders out but I would only get BishopQuaker begging for a youtube link.
2 reasons why I wont is
1- I am over 20 so dont know how to do that
2- Bishopquaker should be turning his eyes square basking in the delights of his FREE hd box

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