Your favourite 'One Hit Wonder'

[Mykesbass]

[quote name='Fungus' timestamp='1457989694' post='3003775']
Come on Eilean Denys midnight runners. First ever single I bought!
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I think even by the OP's generous rules this one can't qualify - five or so hits and one classic album Searching for the Young Soul Rebels. Great album. And who can forget the classic balls up at Top of the Pops where they performed Jackie Wilson Said under a huge projection of the darts player Jockey Wilson

[Wonky2]

Gordon is a moron. Jilted john.

(No coincident my boss's name is Gordon!)

Edited March 15, 2016 by Wonky2

[Maude]

Controversy alert!

To the average Joe, casual listener I'd say these two were one hit wonders.

Rush - Spirit of Radio
Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart

[Phil Adams]

Drivers seat, Sniff and the Tears

[Oopsdabassist]

[quote name='Maude' timestamp='1458029416' post='3003940']
Controversy alert!

To the average Joe, casual listener I'd say these two were one hit wonders.

Rush - Spirit of Radio
Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
[/quote]


Nah, Yes had Wondrous Stories way before that!

[colgraff]

[quote name='Maude' timestamp='1458029416' post='3003940']
Controversy alert!

To the average Joe, casual listener I'd say these two were one hit wonders.

Rush - Spirit of Radio
Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
[/quote]

I'm inclined to agree.

[KevB]

[quote name='martthebass' timestamp='1457986512' post='3003726']
Loved Lena Lovich....didn't she do the original of another one hit wonder - I think we're alone now?
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The original vs of that is actually Tommy James, better known for 'Mony Mony'. Lovich (and later Tiffany) are both cover versions.

[martthebass]

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1458034124' post='3003976']
The original vs of that is actually Tommy James, better known for 'Mony Mony'. Lovich (and later Tiffany) are both cover versions.
[/quote]

Well you learn something new every day

[tauzero]

I've been beaten to a few. Still:

Birdhouse in your soul - They might be giants

Satellite - Hooters

Bennie Hill - Ernie (the fastest milkman in the West)

Goons - Ying Ying Song

And for rubbish, as well as the grandparent songs, there's Sigue Sigue Sputnik's truly dreadful Love Missile F1-1.

[Zenitram]

Love Missile F1-11 is a fantastic piece of music.

[pst62]

Do Anything You Wanna Do - Eddie and the Hot Rods.
Mr. Jones - Counting Crows.
Ghosts - Japan.
Paradise Skies - Max Webster.

[timmo]

[quote name='Phil Adams' timestamp='1458031165' post='3003949']
Drivers seat, Sniff and the Tears
[/quote]Good song, but was it really a hit? It peaked at 42 in UK charts

[Guest bassman7755]

Blue Oyster Cult - dont fear the reaper

[Zenitram]

Did Paul Hardcastle have any more hits after N-n-n-n-n-nineteen?

[Guest bassman7755]

Argent - hold your head up

[Guest bassman7755]

[quote name='Delberthot' timestamp='1457865241' post='3002386']
Kansas - Carry on Wayward Son

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6bQ4EAduBg[/media]
[/quote]

Ridiculously good song that one.

Moody Blues - nights in white satin
Jefferson Starship - Jane
Eagles - hotel california

Van Morrison - moondance (sorry someone had to)

Edited March 15, 2016 by bassman7755

[Guest bassman7755]

I've decided I want to be in a band whose set list is drawn solely from this thread :-).

[Big_Stu]

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1457900140' post='3002870']
Funny, until today I thought I was pretty much on my own with this one, but it seems to have quite a bit of love on this thread
[/quote]

makes me grin every time I hear it; the rhyme of "work" with "clerk".

[KevB]

Moody Blues have had over half a dozen top 40 singles entries, Go Now got to No.1

[Big_Stu]

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1458040922' post='3004072']
Moody Blues - nights in white satin
Jefferson Starship - Jane
Eagles - hotel california
Van Morrison - moondance (sorry someone had to)[/quote]

One hit wonders?

[bassace]

Fallen Angel - Rogue

[BobVbass]

Video Killed the Radio Star - Buggles

That song by Plastic Bertrand that I can't pronounce as I don't speak French

Pray - Jaron and the Long Road to Love

The Way - Fastball

[BassTractor]

[quote name='BobVbass' timestamp='1458046362' post='3004152']
That song by Plastic Bertrand that I can't pronounce as I don't speak French
[/quote]

Just say: "A mower! A mower!"
Oh, you meant "Sahr plahrn poore mwah"

That reminds me: Telex: "Euro-vision", the famous send-up of the whole Eurovision concept, with [b]live[/b] unconnected Moog modular and suddenly fully polyphonic Multimoog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMfw9k5O94w

[tauzero]

I should really have remembered this as we do it - "One of us" by Joan Osborne.

Despite the film, I still like "Take my breath away" by Berlin.

[colgraff]

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1458057182' post='3004256']
I should really have remembered this as we do it - "One of us" by Joan Osborne.

Despite the film, I still like "Take my breath away" by Berlin.
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Top Gun is great if you fast forward through the non-flying bits. Someone on YouTube has pasted all the flight scenes into one clip. I think the title sequence is one of the best ever, synth music included.