Favorite One-Hit Wonders (Spin-Off Thread)

[disneychrista]

On my "Turning Japanese Offensive" Thread the conversation as turned to one hit wonders. So I decided to start a new thread, in hopes of getting more in put.

What are you favorite one-hit wonders?

 

[hereyago]

House of Pain: Jump Around
Snow:Informer
Carl Douglas?: Kung Fu Fighting
DaVinyls: I Touch Myself
Katrina and the Waves: Walking On Sunshine

 

[Land Shark]

A couple of these I remembered the song but not the band (Dolby, Timbuk 3), which helps to prove the one hit wonder-ness of them. I liked all these back in the day.
DEVO - Whip It
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
Tommy Tutone - 867-5309/Jenny
Timbuk 3 - The Future's So Bright
Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Blinded By The Light by Manfred Mann could probably be called a "one hit wonder" (though they had a milder hit with "For You"). Bonus points as it's also a cover

I REALLY like "I Could Be Good For You" by 707:

 

[RedAngie]

Patti Smith is arguably a one hit wonder with Because The Night (written mostly by Bruce Springsteen), but I have all of her albums from the beginning up until the early 00s.


In the spirit of your question, however, I liked a few of the above mentioned songs, plus

Take On Me-Aha
Tainted Love-Soft Cell
Rock the Boat-The Hues Corporation
Band of Gold-Freda Payne

 

[cijay]

Blinded By The Light by Manfred Mann could probably be called a "one hit wonder" (though they had a milder hit with "For You"). Bonus points as it's also a cover

I REALLY like "I Could Be Good For You" by 707:

Doo Wah Diddy and Mighty Quinn weren't hits over here?

 

[cijay]

San Francisco - Scott McKenzie
Ev'ryone's Gone To The Moon - Jonathan King
Get Together - Youngbloods

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Doo Wah Diddy and Mighty Quinn weren't hits over here?

I suppose

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

Love Plus One - Haircut 100
Come on Eileen - Dex Mdnight Runners
Pass the Dutchie - Musial Youth
I Love a Man in a Uniform - Gang of Four
No Myth - Michael Penn
She Loves You - The Beatles( I think that was their name)

Janie's Mom - Fountains of Wayne not sure Not really sure if they are considered a one hit wonder, if they are they shouldn't have some really great songs.

 

[disneychrista]

She Loves You - The Beatles( I think that was their name)

I hope you are joking about this one...if the Beatles are one-hit wonders, then everyone else is too.

 

[cijay]

She Loves You - The Beatles( I think that was their name)

LOL. When "She Loves You" came out it drove my mother nuts! Actually, the Beatles did. When we moved over here, mum was like "thank GOD I'm away from the Beatles". And then...they hit America. LOL

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Men Without Hats - Safety Dance

Quite possibly the best song ever, and the video just amuses me

 

[mjkacmom]

Micky
Video Killed the Radio Star (every hour on MTV)

 

[disneychrista]

Video Killed the Radio Star (every hour on MTV)

You mean back when they actually played Videos or had anything to do with Music.

 

[lesliekatya]

Come on Eileen - Dex Mdnight Runners

Aw, my wedding song!

 

[MataHari22]

I went through my one hit wonders playlist on my iTunes and pulled the following favorites. I tried not to pick ones that you already listed on the other thread.

Take A Picture ~ Filter
Come And Get Your Love ~ Redbone
Edge of a Broken Heart ~ Vixen
Smoke From A Distant Fire ~ Sanford/Townsend Band
Mississippi Queen ~ Mountain
Mr Big Stuff ~ Jean Knight
Got To Be Real ~ Cheryl Lynn
Steal Away ~ Robbie Dupree
Fooled Around And Fell In Love ~ Elvin Bishop
The Honeythief ~ Hipsway
I Can't Wait ~ Nu Shooz
Forget Me Nots ~ Patrice Rushen
Breakout ~ Swing Out Sister
Heart and Soul ~ T'Pau
Groovy Train ~The Farm
Groove Is In The Heart ~ Dee Lite
Genius of Love ~ Tom Tom Club
I Know ~ Dionne Farris
For You I Will ~ Teddy Geiger
Barely Breathing ~ Duncan Sheik
Let's Go All The Way ~ Sly Fox
Don't Leave Me This Way ~ Thelma Houston
Love Is Strange ~ Mickey & Sylvia
For What It's Worth ~ Buffalo Springfield
Black Betty ~ Ram Jam
Makin' It ~ David Naughton
I've Got The Music In Me ~ Kiki Dee
The Boys Are Back In Town ~ Thin Lizzy
Werewolves of London ~ Warren Zevon
No Rain ~ Blind Melon
Bittersweet Symphony ~ The Verve
In A Big Country ~ Big Country
Kiss Them For Me ~ Siouxsie & The Banshees
Hooch ~ Everything
Better Days ~ Citizen King

 

[disneychrista]

I went through my one hit wonders playlist on my iTunes and pulled the following favorites. I tried not to pick ones that you already listed on the other thread.

Thanks for this list....I just found out that the 4 hours I thought I needed is now going to be 6+ hours, I will need to added more to my lists.

 

[RedAngie]

Love Plus One - Haircut 100
Come on Eileen - Dex Mdnight Runners
Pass the Dutchie - Musial Youth
I Love a Man in a Uniform - Gang of Four
No Myth - Michael Penn
She Loves You - The Beatles( I think that was their name)

Janie's Mom - Fountains of Wayne not sure Not really sure if they are considered a one hit wonder, if they are they shouldn't have some really great songs.

I have Gang of Four's I Love a Man in a Uniform on my "no hit wonders" list.

It's really Stacy's Mom by Fountains of Wayne. A 'cover" of a scene from Fast Times at Ridgemont High is in the video.
There was also a car commercial featuring that song. I think some Cadillac SUV.

 

[spacemountainmom]

Love Plus One - Haircut 100
Come on Eileen - Dex Mdnight Runners
Pass the Dutchie - Musial Youth
I Love a Man in a Uniform - Gang of Four
No Myth - Michael Penn
She Loves You - The Beatles( I think that was their name)

Janie's Mom - Fountains of Wayne not sure Not really sure if they are considered a one hit wonder, if they are they shouldn't have some really great songs.

The song is called Stacy's Mom.

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

The song is called Stacy's Mom.

Love the band hate the song never listen to it.