Barking Spiders Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 (edited) whoops, typo there but it still kinda works Obviously most one hit wonders are cheesy novelty tunes that either fizzle out forever or manage to make their way onto wedding party playlists e.g. Hey Macarena. Then there are a few that become classics and even though the performers still maintain long careers they never trouble the charts again even though their other singles might be even better than the hit. So, which hits do you rate and which other singles by the same acts do you reckon should've also been as big. To kick things off... Blue Oyster Cult - Reaper is still a staple of rock radio but I always though Godzilla should've charted seeing as it came from a RIAA gold disc album. The Vapors -Turning Japanese is now a bit of an evergreen but I was surprised when the follow up News At 10 never charted, what with being off the same album and with a sound that should've appealed to Jam fans. Edited November 26, 2019 by Barking Spiders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigman Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 (edited) Golden Earring - Radar Love I do have an album called Golden Earring's greatest hits but to be frank I don't rate much else and can see why they were one hit wonders. they have a surprisingly extensive discography!! https://www.discogs.com/artist/247009-Golden-Earring Edited November 26, 2019 by Twigman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Hocus Pocus by Focus (I assume it was a one-hit wonder anyway ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flat Al Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 I think Sylvia was almost a hit for Focus too. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Just now, Flat Al said: I think Sylvia was almost a hit for Focus too. I wasn't sure, but I'm probably wrong then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Black Betty by Ram Jam. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopsdabassist Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 27 minutes ago, Flat Al said: I think Sylvia was almost a hit for Focus too. House Of The King from focus 3 was also used as the them tune for a TV series back in the day, can't remember what it was, but Miriam Stoppard was on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGW2012 Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 In the Meantime by Spacehog - great track but they didn't seem to follow up with anything of note! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 41 minutes ago, Twigman said: Golden Earring - Radar Love I do have an album called Golden Earring's greatest hits but to be frank I don't rate much else and can see why they were one hit wonders. they have a surprisingly extensive discography!! https://www.discogs.com/artist/247009-Golden-Earring Back in the day, Mrs Rich saw Golden Earring with Focus in support. Apparently the Earrings were dull and Focus totally blew them off stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Anita Ward - Ring My Bell , perhaps ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Black Box - Ride On Time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigman Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 (edited) I was going to nominate Tommy James and the Shondells - Crimson and Clover but then I realised they did the original of I think We're Alone Now - but was it a hit for them or was the cover version (Tiffany?) the only hit version? Edited November 26, 2019 by Twigman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rageofklugman Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 How about Stiltskin - Inside. I had the album on cassette and it wasn't bad, but seeing as none of the other songs featured on a jeans advert they were never heard from again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 My Sharona - the Knack 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 One with a TV tie-in: Nantucket Sleigh Ride by Mountain... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoBass Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 21 minutes ago, Muzz said: One with a TV tie-in: Nantucket Sleigh Ride by Mountain... Excellent track 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoBass Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 (edited) Unbelievable by EMF still fills the floor, sounds great and although it’s very much of it’s time it hasn’t dated badly. I know they had a few minor hits too, but Unbelievable was the one big hit and one song they’re really known for. Number 1 in the USA, Top 3 in the UK and pretty much every other country with a singles chart. And scarily, it’s nearly thirty years old... Edited November 26, 2019 by BrunoBass 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopsdabassist Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 37 minutes ago, Rageofklugman said: How about Stiltskin - Inside. I had the album on cassette and it wasn't bad, but seeing as none of the other songs featured on a jeans advert they were never heard from again. We are just learning that one to add to our set, oddly I had never heard it before....shows just how much attention I pay to adverts I guess....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoBass Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 It seems a true One Hit Wonder, by definition, is an artist that’s had one UK number single, and then nothing else. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_one-hit_wonders_on_the_UK_Singles_Chart I must admit I’m familiar with very few of these from 2010 onwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 I Am the One and Only - Chesney Hawkes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Please Please Me - The Beatles. Wonder if they are still on dole ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rageofklugman Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 26 minutes ago, Oopsdabassist said: We are just learning that one to add to our set, oddly I had never heard it before....shows just how much attention I pay to adverts I guess....... It might depend on your age! It was in a Levi's advert in the mid-nineties at a time when that pretty much guaranteed you a number 1 off the back of it. Still a good song though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliasMooseblaster Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Sleeping Satellite by Tamsin Archer. Doesn't seem to get a great deal of radio play these days. I'd more or less forgotten about it until a few years ago, when the band shared a bill with a singer who included it in her set. The lyrics make no sense, and the production pigeonholes it very much to the '90s, but I can't deny it's a good tune. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted November 26, 2019 Author Share Posted November 26, 2019 scuse me people. the OP isn't meant to be about just naming one hit wonders but it's about the ones you rate AND ALSO what other singles released by the same bands should've been hits but sank without trace e.g. House of Pain, best known for Jump Around but the follow up Shamrock and Shenanigans is just as good...IMO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant1972 Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 53 minutes ago, BrunoBass said: Unbelievable by EMF still fills the floor, sounds great and although it’s very much of it’s time it hasn’t dated badly. I know they had a few minor hits too, but Unbelievable was the one big hit and one song they’re really known for. Number 1 in the USA, Top 3 in the UK and pretty much every other country with a singles chart. And scarily, it’s nearly thirty years old... Their second album "stigma" is awesome and still sounds great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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