Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community (https://thetfp.com/tfp/)
-   Tilted Music (https://thetfp.com/tfp/tilted-music/)
-   -   Best One Hit Wonder (https://thetfp.com/tfp/tilted-music/84225-best-one-hit-wonder.html)

zerosk8 02-25-2005 08:18 AM

Best One Hit Wonder
 
There has been quite a bit of one hit wonders....but which one is the best?

ShaniFaye 02-25-2005 08:36 AM

Brandy by looking glass

Glory's Sun 02-25-2005 08:40 AM

Steal My Sunshine by Len (I think?)

shred_head 02-25-2005 12:17 PM

Jay Geils Band - Centerfold

the_marq 02-25-2005 12:32 PM

Technincally J. Geils Band had two hits if you count "Freeze Frame."

My favourite one hitter is and always will be "No Rain" by Blind Melon. Simply fucking Brilliant.

Delacroix 02-25-2005 01:20 PM

There were tons of good ones in the 60's. I've read that the biggest selling one-hit wonder was In The Year 2525, reportedly recorded in a barn in Nebraska in 1969 by Zager and Evans.

Another huge hit from the 60's that comes to mind was In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly.

As for what one-hit wonder was the best, that's a tough one. Too many great choices to pick just one, IMO.

TonySpilotro 02-25-2005 01:35 PM

How about those douchebags from the mid to late 90's: Chumbawumba. Can't remember the name of the song, although I actually have a funny story about them. Some of my college buddies were driving back from spring break skiing in Colorado when they got stuck in a terrible blizzard. They were forced to stay at some shitbox hotel in Salina, KS, and Chumbawumba was in the same boat. They ended up staying in the hotel bar until the wee hours of the morning, making their own drinks behind the bar, taking pictures, etc. My friends said the guys were actually pretty cool and could put down some serious sauce. This was when that song was at the height of its poularity too. Somebody tell me the name of that damn song!...

lunchbox 02-25-2005 01:43 PM

tony - the song was called tubthumping.


my pick for best one hit wonder: Soft Cell - Tainted Love.

saut 02-25-2005 01:47 PM

No one will ever touch the Macarena.

the_marq 02-25-2005 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saut
No one will ever touch the Macarena.

Weren't there about a million versions of that song? I don't think it counts.

Redlemon 02-25-2005 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the_marq
Weren't there about a million versions of that song? I don't think it counts.

No no, the band is the one hit wonder, not the song. The hit can have a life of its own.

Redlemon 02-25-2005 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TonySpilotro
How about those douchebags from the mid to late 90's: Chumbawumba.

Chumbawamba doesn't count, they had a second song on the radio ("Amnesia"). And if you want to see just how far out they can go, check out their collaboration with Negativland: The ABC's of Anarchism. :thumbsup:

the_marq 02-25-2005 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redlemon
No no, the band is the one hit wonder, not the song. The hit can have a life of its own.


Fine then. What band is the OHW for the Macarena?

Tophat665 02-25-2005 04:30 PM

My favorite OHW was the Planet P Project - Static (on the Radio). I actually heard it for the first time in a good 15 years on the Delicious Agony Progressive rock station the other day. (Same day they played, Saga - On the Loose.)

Two that I considered and turned down: The Vapors - Turning Japanese, and The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star.

Quote:

Originally Posted by the_marq
Fine then. What band is the OHW for the Macarena?

Los Del Rio would be that band.

Booray 02-25-2005 05:19 PM

Don't know what my favorite is, but the first couple to come to mind were...

"Couldn't Get It Right" - Climax Blues Band
"Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress)" - The Hollies

Suave 02-25-2005 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the_marq
Fine then. What band is the OHW for the Macarena?

I've personally only ever heard the one version of it. It was originally done by Los Del Rio.

edit: I see I was beaten to the punch. Oh well.

My pick for best one hit wonder would have to be Republica - Ready To Go.
To be honest though, I'm practically the king of '90s one-hit wonder songs. They make up a large portion of my mixed CDs.

Delacroix 02-25-2005 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Booray
Don't know what my favorite is, but the first couple to come to mind were...

"Couldn't Get It Right" - Climax Blues Band
"Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress)" - The Hollies

The Hollies don't qualify for one-hit wonder status. They had a number of songs that made the top forty. And one other song besides Black Dress that made it pretty high up the charts was Busstop.

Willravel 02-25-2005 10:34 PM

Canon in D - Johann Pachelbel

loganmule 02-25-2005 10:45 PM

Driver's Seat by Sniff N' The Tears and Stone Cold Sober by Crawler are two great tunes, but it might be a stretch to call them hits (I think they got a lot of FM play though)....oh yeah, and Learnin' To Love You by Walter Egan (Stevi Nicks contributed and was still in way hot stage, circa 1979)

MiSo 02-26-2005 02:39 AM

"who let the dogs out"

loonatic8her 02-26-2005 08:27 AM

How about.... Tainted Love by Soft Cell... Manson did an awesome cover and several dj's have done remixes... but the original still gets my body movin....

supersix2 02-26-2005 11:16 PM

Bobby Fuller Four - "I Fought the Law"

Its been covered by a wide variety of bands but I still think the original one hit wonder is the best.

kid astronaut 02-27-2005 01:07 AM

tainted love was a cover when soft cell did it, too

the original was sung by gloria jones in 1964 (a soul singer)

gboz 03-01-2005 10:34 AM

Walter Egan also had Magnet & Steel, another Stevie Nicks collaboration.
How about "I Touch Myself" by the Divinyls? As popular as they were wasn't that their only hit?

Charlatan 03-01-2005 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by guccilvr
Steal My Sunshine by Len (I think?)

That was the first thing that popped into my mind too...

lordpoopshank 03-01-2005 11:38 AM

How bout King Harvest - "Dancing in the Moonlight"

present_future 03-01-2005 12:14 PM

Spice Girls - "Wannabe"
If you wannabe my lover, you gotta get with my friends... sounds like an invitation for an orgy if I ever heard one.

lunchbox 03-01-2005 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by present_future
Spice Girls - "Wannabe"
If you wannabe my lover, you gotta get with my friends... sounds like an invitation for an orgy if I ever heard one.



they had several hits after that song and even one before it if I remember. They were around for quite awhile. I don't think that really qualifies.

the_marq 03-01-2005 12:29 PM

Alright I was wrong about the Macarena...but I still find it hard to belive that song is anyone's idea of the "Best One Hit Won(d)er.

That being said, considering the SpiceGirls had 10 #1 hits and are the biggest selling female artists of all time one simply cannot catagorize them as one hit wonders (even if they did suck).

SiN 03-01-2005 02:04 PM

/me edits the title of the thread so it doesn't make her think of a One Hit Boner :|


and wasn't there already a thread like this...?

Janey 03-01-2005 02:18 PM

maybe so, but it's fun. I like:

Da Da Da by Trio (the volkswagen song)

also Red Rubber Ball by the Diodes (home town proud!)

and there was a song by a New Zealand band.... damn the name escapes me at the moment...

maleficent 03-01-2005 02:19 PM

J Geils had more than 2 hits... :D Love Stinks was probably their best song...

Gotta few for ya...
Sadly, I came up with this list perusing my ITunes Library...

Brownsville Station - "Smokin' In The Boys Room"
Buffalo Springfield - for what it's worth (I can't think of another hit by this group)
Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky
Wild Cherry - Play that funky music White boy or was it right boy... :D I never knew
Played at every basketball or hockey game I've ever been to:
Steam - "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"
Toni Basil - -Oh Mickey
Eddie Grant-- Rock down to - -Electric Avenue
Nena - 99 red balloons
Til Tuesday -- Voices Carry

ShaniFaye 03-01-2005 02:26 PM

Peter Schilling Major Tom
Men without Hats Safety Dance

FoolThemAll 03-01-2005 03:50 PM

The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen

I *think* it was their only big hit. Though they had many good songs (and albums) besides it.

thespian86 03-01-2005 03:58 PM

how about "That Thing You Do" by The Wonders

K-Wise 03-01-2005 04:09 PM

^ I think Colorful might have had some fairly good success due to the movie Rockstar.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delacroix
The Hollies don't qualify for one-hit wonder status. They had a number of songs that made the top forty. And one other song besides Black Dress that made it pretty high up the charts was Busstop.

Lets not forget probably their biggest hit, a little tune called "Air That I Breathe" that just happens to be one of the best songs evar! Also I love when they sang "He Ain't Heavy, He's my Brother"

Hmm one hit wonder eh? Other than those already mentioned

Grunge Scene...Candlebox - Far Behind, Seven Mary Three - Cumbersome...Also both bands had WAY more than ONE good song. They were great fuckin bands, especially Seven Mary Three.

Concrete Blond - Joey

The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) :D

Janis Ian - Seventeen

Eh I'll think of more in a bit.

Asta!!

Lebell 03-01-2005 04:39 PM

Did Sirmixalot do anything else of note besides "Baby Got Back"?

raveneye 03-01-2005 04:56 PM

Don't forget Louie Louie by the Kingsmen.

That tune, written by Richard Berry, has been recorded over 1000 times.

K-Wise 03-01-2005 05:20 PM

I remember when I was watching the special about one hit wonders on VH1 a while back with Shatner hosting and they said that Jimmi fuckin Hendrix was actually a one hit wonder as he only scored 1 top 40 hit with "All Along The Watchtower" or something like that. I call bullshit on that! What about Wild Thing, Foxy Lady, Dolly Dagger, Are You Experianced?, Hey Joe, etc. etc. etc. ???? Weren't ALL of those hits?

Asta!!

Slavakion 03-01-2005 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maleficent
Nena - 99 red balloons

The German version was (is) much better. Tells pretty much the same story, but without the cheese. And it seems to flow better.

How about Devo -- Whip it?


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 02:00 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
© 2002-2012 Tilted Forum Project


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360