One Hit Wonder Day

[disneychrista]

In honor of One Hit Wonder Day post your favorite One Hit Wonders.

 

[tvguy]

When a song makes you a millionaire, you don't need more than one hit. However, technically Los Del Rio charted with three songs, all different versions of the Macarena.

 

[Metro West]

 

[lynxstch]

That is the same one I was going to post, you beat me to it,,lol!

 

[BlueStarryHat]

Come on Eileen- Dexy's Midnight Runners:

 

[fly girl]

 

[fly girl]

 

[neverlandsky]

 

[Julie's Haircut]

 

[bcla]

 

[Julie's Haircut]

And by definition, The Grateful Dead are a one hit wonder.

 

[bcla]

I saw them at a free concert, although I'm trying to remember the exact year. I think it was early 1988 on the UC Berkeley campus, but this was before I Touch Myself. They were playing a lot of songs that were hits in Australia, although they were considered "alternative" in the US. And even without a big US hit it was packed.

 

[DisneyDad1960]

Three of my favorites.
867-5309 (Jenny) - Tommy Tutone
What Do All The People Know - The Monroes
She Don't Love You - The Michael Stanley Band

 

[bcla]

There's always a discussion of what "one hit" means. A lot of these are the one big hit in the United States, but maybe not in some other country. And then maybe chart position isn't the best way to determine a hit since some songs become classics over the course of years where they don't necessarily sell or get played a lot at one time.

 

[DeeBee3]

I feel like there are too many to choose from!

"Tubthumping" - Chumbawamba

"Spirit in the Sky" - Norman Greenbaum

 

[bcla]

This never charted on any main American chart, but I think this qualifies.

And this one:

 

[DeeBee3]

This never charted on any main American chart, but I think this qualifies.

And this one:

I LOVE "How Bizarre" - perhaps we are close in age. I just always loved it. I despise Mambo No 5.

 

[Praying Colonel]

At the risk of being That Guy:

2 US Top 40 hits: "Take On Me" and "The Sun Always Shines on TV":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-ha_discography#Singles

5 US Top 40 hits: "Your Love," "All The Love In The World," "Since You've Been Gone," "Voices of Babylon" and "For You."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-ha_discography#Singles

Three of my favorites.
867-5309 (Jenny) - Tommy Tutone
What Do All The People Know - The Monroes
She Don't Love You - The Michael Stanley Band

2 US Top 40 hits: "Angel Say No" and "867-5309/Jenny."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Tutone#Singles

 

[_19disnA]

That is the same one I was going to post, you beat me to it,,lol!

Me too !!! The one posted looks like a version they did for a TV show many years later and the harmonies are not as good as the original. There are better versions of their original 1976 recording on YouTube.

 

[Praying Colonel]

If the criteria is the US Billboard Top 40:

11 Music Superstars Who Are Technically 1 Hit Wonders

11 Music Superstars Who Are Technically No Hit Wonders